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RATINGS: 63   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.83   IBU: 7   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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Gorgeous copper-orange ale. Rich, enticing aroma of oranges and lemongrass. Crisp and refreshing on the palate. A perfect blend of malt, spice and sweet & zesty hints of citrus. Nestled between beer-loving Germany and wine-loving France, for centuries Belgium has produced some of the most interesting, complex, sophisticated, and delicious styles the beer world has to offer. Brasserie Blonde pays homage to this grand tradition. We brew the Blonde with a unique blend of rich malts, sweet orange peel, spicy hops, and zesty coriander. The result is a medium-bodied ale bursting with flavor. This is truly a beer-lover’s champagne (or a champagne-lover’s beer!). It is a dry, slightly tart ale subtly spiced with orange peel and coriander for a zesty taste with hints of sweet and tangy citrus.


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2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
jeremyd365 (124) - Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA - APR 8, 2008
Poured a medium yellow in color with a medium head which dispersed quickly. Smelled nothing out of the ordinary. Its taste followed the smell and was a pretty ordinary blonde. This beer was average all around. It was quite drinkable, but taste-wise it doesn’t quite take you to flavor-country.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BallyLoser (136) - Redmond, Washington, USA - MAR 29, 2008
Bottle: Fruity flavour, hint of citrus? dry aftertaste. Medium body, nice aroma, not overly powerful.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ryan (3185) - Beltsville, Maryland, USA - MAR 22, 2008
Draft. Hazy pale body with small white head. The aroma is bread, light fruit and light spice (sweet basil?). Flavor is bread, very dry and setzer. Medium/light body is thin with soft carbonation.

2.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
Eyedrinkale (3214) - Astoria, New York, USA - JAN 15, 2008
Sour orange/tangerine. Tastes like a mouthful of nickels. Coriander and orange peel.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Silphium (2972) - East Lansing, Michigan, USA - NOV 25, 2007
Bottle. Murky tangerine puree body with abundant sediment, thin off-white head. Potent aroma of fermented fruits and rancid butter. Thin, bready body with butter and sour, funky fruits, perhaps oranges. Very strange; equally offensive and intriguing.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
milewide (1205) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - NOV 20, 2007
Super bland! No aroma, or taste---and flat. Not a Sparkling Ale as claimed on the label. Worst of the Arbor brews that I have tried.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
troyc (2014) - Oklahoma, USA - AUG 24, 2007
(Bottle) Pours a golden color with a pillow-like head. Very light body. Bland, with a mix of mild malts. Little in the way of hops. Average carbonation. Drinkable, but this beer is definitely sub par.

1.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
auerbrau (2953) - Peace Dale, Rhode Island, USA - AUG 17, 2007
On tap at the brewpub. Aroma a skanky clouded spice mangle, with frothy soap and tangy barn. It doesn’t really have a sense of infection, just bad ingredients, bad spicing and bad brewing. Pours a deep amber (blond?) with no carb and no head. Flavor is a scary acidic body, with flagrant cold cool weird malt. Heavily goaty, barnyardy, and curdled spice. Why am I rating this so high? It can’t possibly even be in the style realm. So maybe it is infected. Whatever it’s terrible as it carries a reeking aftertaste of clammy fire and old dill spice. Unique in many horrible ways.

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 3/20
redlem (1264) - Ohio, USA - AUG 15, 2007
Another tap/bottle rating. My sample was just Brasserie Blonde. In the bar the description for this was sort of wit-like with the spices. Tap; Fairly unassuming, limited aroma and taste. Cant find the spices, tart. Did not care for it. Bottle: A Hawaiian island volcano or the old vinegar/baking soda experiment. The foam never stopped coming out of the bottle. Whatever rating I had for this beer got washed away with the foam.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 9/20
lumberjack (178) - Michigan, USA - AUG 4, 2007
Bottle as part of A.B.C. sample pack. Tan appearance with minimal head, and some sediments noticeably floating around. Taste is overpowered by a coppery acidic bitterness that really caught me off guard. This tastes nothing like any other beer I’ve ever had, and in this case that’s not a good thing.


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