Gauloise Blonde - Brasserie Du Bocq

Poured into a tulip glass

Appears a clear golden honey colour with a decent frothy head.  A little lacing.  Sounds like champagne when it initially hits the glass, so there is a lot of carbonation in there

On the nose, there is some yeast, straw, pale malt and a faint smell of overcooked hops and wet leaves.  Slightly syrupy as well.  However, having let this warm up a bit, there is much more coming through - cloves, spices and dried fruit make it more appealing

Initial flavour of straw & yeasty esters, which moves into deeper, warm spicy flavour with some cloves.  Only slight bitterness from the hops
There is some stewed hops in the mid-palate, but it finishes pretty decent with some sweet/sour from lemon, apricot, honey, and a sweet yeasty linger.  Not too dry

This is medium bodied, with good carbonation, although it is a little too thin and watery... it's much better when it is at a slightly higher-than-fridge temperature!  It is pretty average, but wouldn't avoid it if I can across it again
75% - Average