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Beach Bum Blonde Ale

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RATINGS: 289   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.24   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 162   ABV: 5.4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Beach Bum is an all-malt American blonde ale, which draws its deep golden color from the finest pale and caramel roasted barley malts. This beer is dry hopped with the choicest imported Alsace and Hallertau hops as well as Cascade hops from the Pacific Northwest, which lend to its pleasant hop aroma and its slightly spicy and fruity taste.


2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Niko100 (1084) - New York, USA - NOV 11, 2011
Hazy amber color; Light to medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of malt, & some spice; Flavor of slight sweet malt, some hops, and light citrus; Overall, I was expecting the worst - but not bad.

3.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 14/20
SanfordBrewer (1206) - Sanford, Florida, USA - OCT 12, 2011
translucent gold with just a ring of bubbles, medium body with medium-high carbonation.

aroma: peppery cascade-citrus hop aromatics, a bit of caramel malt sweetness. clean and pleasant.

taste: toffee malt sweetness, sweet orange, some leafy hop bitterness, a hint of astringent grain hunk, and another slightly odd note i can’t quite pin down.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
jcweaver (367) - VA Beach, Virginia, USA - OCT 10, 2011
Bottle. Pours a yellowish color with a small white head. Aroma of pale malts with a hint of honey and some light hops. Flavor is pretty dull. Mostly sweet, light malts, a little honey and some faint hops. Drinkable at best.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
seymour (607) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - OCT 3, 2011
Poured from bottle into snifter glass on Anheuser Busch Brewmaster tour. Golden color with medium white head. Thin-bodied, metallic, and overly carbonated as typical with Anheuser Busch products, but I will acknowledge some ale yeast esters and improved hops aroma. Definitely better than Bud. I don’t get the marketing angle, though, the cheesy name and graphics. What’s the target market here?

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
dwyerpg (3462) - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA - SEP 21, 2011
Had on a hot summer day at the ballpark...just about the only way I’d have this again. Just a boring beer.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
KyotoLefty (3480) - Kyoto, JAPAN - SEP 7, 2011
Draught at MacGregors. Had no idea that this was from AB, but it makes sense. Clear gold with a low head. Malty aroma of buttered peaches. Fruity, buttery sweet malt flavor with honey and a slight tart edge. Lightly bitter finish. Very fruity and quite sweet. Not very interesting.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
womencantsail (3572) - Home of Rebecca Black, California, USA - AUG 9, 2011
A: The beer pours a golden straw color with a small and short lived white head. S: Matching the appearance of the beer, this one smells strongly of straw. There is a light bread not as well as a healthy dose of corn. Mild yeast and some light, fruity esters. T: The flavor offers up some pale malts to go along with the straw and grass. There is a light hop bitterness to it. Some apple and corn give it more sweetness. M: Light in body with a medium level of carbonation. O: Surfs up, brah.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
oh6gdx (15510) - Vasa, FINLAND - JUL 18, 2011
Bottled@Monks Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, wood and mild honey as well as some mild hoppyness. Flavour is sweet malts, mild hops and some grassyness. Yet a slight swill feeling to it.


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