Waterloo Recolte is traditional Belgian farm beer, in the same family as saisons. All of the ingredients it is made with can be sourced from the fields around Waterloo and in the near future, hops will be harvested from the brewery’s own hop field.
The Ferme de Mont Saint-Jean is located in a historic square farm building built around a courtyeard at the end of the Waterloo battlefield, a stone’s throw from the Lion monument. During the battle of 1815, the farm was the site of a field hospital. With these facts in mind, it is a nice touch that the recipe for Waterloo Recolte is based on the beer that was drunk by the soldiers in 1815.
Waterloo Recolte Blonde is a genuinely quaffable beer. Slight tart notes are provided by the wheat and are accompanied by malt flavours and a pleasant hop bitterness that never dominates.
Stujago –
This is a smooth beer. There is some bitterness with an understated witbier taste. It has a nice foamy head and pale to mid yellow colour. Not a strong beer.
Eric Akrill –
On first pour, this wheat has a nice, creamy head which holds. It is a little bit cloudier than I expected but I am very happy with that. First hints of aroma are banana and bitter spice, which I like. It’s a 6% beer but tastes lighter that that until you get the after taste which comes through strongly. Different from many Belgian wheats, stronger on the hops, barley and wheat than spice and citrus. A recommend from me except for the price, which could be less for a 33cl bottle.
Otto TheBierDude –
A hazy yellow coloured beer with a white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, fruit, wheat, yeast, hops, straw, citus and with a bitter finish.
Mark Charrington –
In my glass a hazy apricot good firm white head Aromas are floral citrus a little smoky I taste bitter hops flowers, oranges, coriander. No airs and graces here just a full blooded blond saison that made me burp