Ratings: 83 | Reviews: 35 | Display Reviews Only: 4.75/5 rDev +42.2%Stevenwings, Jan 15, 20144.72/5 rDev +41.3%look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5I love this pilsner, its a great achievement for the brewery. Much better than their regular pilsner, the Bel-pils. It has an incredibly cool retro logo. And it is a beer that really appeals to young people. It is also commercialised this way. If you go to the website www.vedett.com, you will see that it is filled with a lot of crazy nonsense. Like the picture on the back of the bottle. I have noticed that the beer is also a stepstone for later duvel drinkers.
Ut Vivat, Crescat, Floreat!Bierschenker, Jun 08, 20054.25/5 rDev +27.2%look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5Look: The beer pours a clear golden color, with a large white head.Smell: Malts, wheat and grass. Bit floral from the hops.Taste: Malty sweetness at first, with clear presence of grains. In the aftertaste there is a nice spicy hop bitterness.Mouthfeel: High carbonation, thin bodyOverall: Very surprising brew. An very good example for the stylervdoorn, Jul 16, 20114.25/5 rDev +27.2%Stuckey_Stuckey, Aug 10, 20144.2/5 rDev +25.7%nmoeschler, Aug 20, 20144.2/5 rDev +25.7%look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5This turned out to be one of the better Euro-lagers I've had. The lightest of golds in color, it is crystal clear with ampl carbonation and a decently-sized white very white head. Aroma is enticing -- grainy malts and hints of herbal hops. More of the same in the flavor, with a mostly grainy start and a flavorful, if mild, hop finish. Medium-bodied and quite drinkable. I'm not a big fan of the style, but if anyone can do it well, I guess it's Duvel.mzwolinski, Jun 15, 20054.13/5 rDev +23.7%look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5Got this on several occasions last week in Belgium, all of them in bottles. When having this beer, keep in mind what style it is, and you will appreciate it a lot more. I had this during family visits, at houses of people who are usually stuck on Maes and Jupiler and this Vedett sticks out far above them. More taste, less soapy water flavor like a lot of the lesser euro lagers. This beer has the mouthfeel of Duvel and tastes like a euro lager grand cru. I really enjoyed this and hope to see this on the shelves in the USA soon.edit/add on, just opened the one can I brought back from Belgium. It's one month away from it's due date and it is extremely fruity, this got better! Almost like a pear flavored lager.yesferro, Jul 29, 20094.08/5 rDev +22.2%look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4Poured from the tap into a 25mL glass in Shanghai China.A: The beer is a pale hay-gold color with lots of streams of carbonation coming through. Head is 1 finger, pure white and lasts a few minutes.S: Very citrus - lemon peel with bread. Some grass and wildflower.T: Light and balanced. Good sourdough bread character. Some light floral hoppy notes coming in. Grassy, finishing with a hint of lemon zest. Nice and refreshing.F: Can't be said enough. Light and refreshing.Overall: Very solid beer. Can finally see what people here are raving about. If only all pales were this subtly flavorful rather than going for ONLY refreshing. A great reminder that good beers don't have to be extreme, dark, etc.BucBasil, Apr 08, 20144/5 rDev +19.8%adamcthomp, Jun 06, 20124/5 rDev +19.8%look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4330 mL green bottle poured into a pilsener glass. Classic Duvel-shaped bottle, but completely different look to the label and of course, to the beer itself.A: very pale, bubbly, clear lager; massively thick, foamy white head that dissipates relatively slowly leaving plenty of lacing.S: sweet smelling, flowery; even though it's a lager it still has a very mild 'Belgian' scent to it.T: sweeter than your average Euro pale lager; not a lot of complexity to the flavour--it's definitely a lager, just a bit more refined (in a good way)M: definitely some carbonation there, but not the metallic bite of a canned lager; it also has a syrupy/sticky thickness to it that is not present in most lagers; it's definitely still a lager, but unlike manyO: an interesting and worthy take on a European lager from the Belgian brewing masters.fullsweep, Jul 11, 20114/5 rDev +19.8%rekel, Nov 28, 20114/5 rDev +19.8%HardyGeneraL, Jun 10, 20123.95/5 rDev +18.3%look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 433cl bottle into a Vedett flute-style glass at some random café in Brussels. A: Crystal clear straw body under two fingers of creamy white head. Good retention, light lace. Solid.S: Delicate pale malts - a little toasty - and some faint, clean yeast minerality. Slight herbal hoppiness. Light and pleasant (for the style).T: Follows the nose - bready, toasty, herbal, dry, and clean. Very nice Euro lager.M: Light-bodied, frothy, and soft. Great.O: This one was a jolt at first, since I wasn't familiar with the beer ahead of time: the label just said "Blonde," so I was expecting a BPA, like Duvel Light. One whiff showed that it was in fact a lager, which was a bit of a disappointment, but it wound up being quite nice for its style. Better than Jupiler or Maes if you're in Belgium and just want something thirst-quenching.Cheers!woosterbill, Apr 04, 20123.93/5 rDev +17.7%look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4330ml bottle in Paris, March 2006...
Overall - A pretty good beer... very drinkable... recommended...mdagnew, Mar 14, 20063.85/5 rDev +15.3%Rickus, Sep 06, 20143.83/5 rDev +14.7%look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4Really interesting beer. Got it from a local pub. I think what drew my attention the most were the hop aromas. Other than that, it's pretty much an easygoing beer, really drinkable. The dryness of this beer makes you feel thirsty (thus, having some more, ehehe), pretty much like an IPA (although it has a higher ABV).
Malt and sweet flavor on finish. Golden yellow colour. Nice white, creamy head (Duvel-style, could not expect anything less, ehehe.) and intense carbonation. Oh and I also liked that picture-in-the-back-of-the-bottle thing. Really appealing to youngsters :-).sewald, Mar 01, 20073.75/5 rDev +12.3%desint, May 24, 20133.75/5 rDev +12.3%paperwerewolf, Nov 12, 20123.75/5 rDev +12.3%look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75Vedett lager pours with good head and great carbonation. Phenomenol head retention for a lager – what you would expect from Duvel!The aroma is like a german pilser. Herbal hops with a certain mint character are present. This Belgian lager has a german pils taste. Delicate grassy hops, sweet malt ... touch of bitterness at finish. Maybe the sweeter end of the German pils flavour spectrum.Overall, a great pilsner. Up there with Bitburger, Radeburger, Veltins etc. Just a bit on the sweet side perhaps but nice for a contrast with more bitter German pils.86/100LagerCognoscenti, Aug 03, 20143.75/5 rDev +12.3%look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4The bottle -- only one of 24 -- was given to me by a rep from Ommegang who was stuck working during the afternoon at Belgium Comes to Cooperstown 2007. It was his thanks to me for bringing him a glass of Dogfish Head Festina Peche run through a Randall of fresh peaches. Looks like I'm only the third American BA to review this one. Cool!
D - For this style, I give a thumbs up to Vedet, even if I'm not a champion of Euro Pale Lagers. It's clean and refreshing, and easy to drink. On top of that, it's actually pretty enjoyable as well. Go figure! With Heineken as the most well known beer in this style, it's easy to see how many people might get turned off. This beer is a good reason to take a closer look, and flick the switch back on.EPseja, Aug 13, 20073.75/5 rDev +12.3%SimonTHGolfer, Dec 30, 20133.75/5 rDev +12.3%Saind, Jan 06, 20143.75/5 rDev +12.3%BJSmit, Feb 02, 20143.74/5 rDev +12%look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75I had this in a can in Belgium purchased from a cooler at a mini-market, enjoyed chilled in a cup. The color is golden straw with light hazed thick white head crowns with fine bead and spots of lace stick. The smell is light spice of belgian yeast with mild malt with light sweet odor and faint fruit and honey accent which is pleasant. The feel is thinnish with moderate carbonation level and light bitterness with mild sweetness and gentle spiced tinge with crisp dry finish -enjoyable texture. The flavor is good with slight malt up front followed by spice flavor from yeast and gentle peppery hop quality with a slight honey tinge of malt with mild herbal element accenting the pils malt base with a nice dry yet light finish. Overall a very enjoyable blond, not great but well made and flavorful.Slatetank, Jul 31, 20143.6/5 rDev +7.8%look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5330ml bottle served in its own long and thin thumbler.A: Pours a pale clear yellow color. Forms a modest white head. Low retention and few lacings leftS: Mild smell of sweet grains, lager yeasts and grassy hops.T: Nice sweet grains upfront. Grassy hops. Lager yeasts. End is quite hoppy and bitter. In overall, a dry and crispy tasteM: Light body, medium carbonation. Good earthy hoppy aftertaste O: Good drinkability. A good Lager like this is not something easy to find. Recommendededuardolinhalis, Jul 12, 2012