House classic · blonde
De Blonde Barbier
- Blonde · 6.2%
- Three hops
- Honey sweetness
- Bitter finish
At a glance
- Style
- Blonde
- Alcohol
- 6.2%
- 33 cl
- €5,90
- 50 cl
- €9,80
- Glass
- Goblet, 6–8 °C
The story goes that a sixteenth-century barber-surgeon told such stories while he worked that even the worst of them left you thirsty. Nobody has found him in the archives, so he stays where he belongs: on the label.
Goes with Spare ribs, burgers and bitterballen
Brewed in the kettles beside the bar and poured from the tap only.
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The legend
The barber who kept you thirsty
De Blonde Barbier is our blonde: three hops, a bolder sweetness than a lager and a bitter finish, 6,2%. It sits between the witbier and the tripel, and it is the house beer that goes with most of the card.
The name is a tale. The story goes that in the sixteenth century a blond barber-surgeon worked near here, cutting hair and pulling teeth, and that he told such stories while he worked that even the worst of them left you thirsty. The label gives him a name, Gerardus Franciscus Bickerszoon, and a chronicler, Cornelis Calcoen, who is said to have written his tales down. Nobody has found either of them in the archives. So he stays where he belongs: on the label, and in the glass.
What is not a tale is how it drinks with food from the grill: the spare ribs in our own marinade (€21,90), a beef burger with Flemish fries (€17,90), or a plate of bitterballen with mustard (8 for €8,50) with the first round.
Questions about De Blonde Barbier
Can I buy De Blonde Barbier in bottles?
No. De Blonde Barbier is on tap only, at the bar and in the tasting flight. We do not bottle our house beers and we do not sell them online. The one beer that sometimes appears by the bottle is Vintrus, our winter beer, at the bar while a vintage lasts.
What food goes with it?
Anything from the grill and the snack card: the spare ribs (€21,90), the beef or chicken burger (€17,90), the grilled chicken wings (€8,50) or bitterballen with mustard (8 for €8,50, 16 for €16,50).
How strong is it?
6,2% alcohol: between Witte Antonia (5,4%) and De Manke Monnik (7,2%). We serve it in 33 cl (€5,90) and 50 cl (€9,80), and on the tasting flight of four beers for €12,90.
On tap now
Hear his stories at the bar
Up to 10 guests reserve online; 11 or more plan an event. Or come for the flight and meet all three.