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Beachwood Unconditional Blonde


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RATINGS: 6   MEAN: 3.65/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.19   IBU: 40   EST. CALORIES: 162   ABV: 5.4%
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Beachwood Brewmaster, Julian Shrago, and multi award-winning brewer, Jeff Bagby, of Pizza Port fame have collaborated to bring you this spirited Belgian-style blonde ale. Unconditional Blonde pays homage to one of Jeff and Julian’s favorite beers from the elusive Trappist brewery of Westvleteren in Belgium. It’s brewed with a base of Belgian pale and pilsner malts for a bright crackery base along with a smattering of wheat and oats for a slightly creamy finish. It’s then generously dosed with imported hops from Slovenia, Germany, and the Czech Republic – providing spicy, herbal, and floral flavors and aromas. This beer is also dedicated to Jeff’s soon-to-be-wife, Dande, with whom he shares an unconditional bond.


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3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
AmEricanbrew (4868) - Belcher, Louisiana, USA - JUN 29, 2012
Clear amber color with ivory head. Multi grain bread, spicy hop, light toast aromas. medium body. Multi grain toast, spicy hop, light caramel flavors with a drying finish--good

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JohnC (3000) - Mission Viejo, California, USA - JUN 12, 2012
I had this on tap at Beachwood Brewing in Long Beach. This beer with a nice floral nose, along with a flavor of floral hops with some earthiness, was really easy to drink and enjoyable.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
egajdzis (4896) - Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA - JUN 4, 2012
Lightly hazy golden color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of pils malt, spices, some light honey, citrus, and light grass. Taste of pale malt, light honey, spices, light citrus, and a dry finish.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
BMan1113VR (7382) - Los Angeles, California, USA - MAY 22, 2012
On tap at the brewpub. Pours with a crystal clear yellow-gold hue with a large and lasting white head. Great lace. Aromas are earthy, layered hop character, grassy, mild herbal. Nice bready, pils like malt aroma, some biscuity character. Relatively mild esters, dried fruit, pear, apricot. Low peppery phenols. Pretty clean otherwise. Flavors again show a layered hop character. Grassy, herbal, earthy, light lemon. Medium bitterness and a light hop heft left on the mouth in the mid palate. Bready and hoppy at first, phenols and esters through the finish with a bit of a grassy note. Pepper, light clove, dry fruit ester character. Somewhat restrained yeast note. Medium to lively bubbles (could use a touch more carbonation). Dry and crisp with a light body. Very tasty.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
m4rest88 (379) - Beverly Hills, California, USA - MAY 18, 2012
pours a clear amber hue with a small white head that is mostly diminishing aroma of bread, yeast and printer paper oddly enough flavor is yeasty and bready with some hints of funkiness light mouthfeel with light carbonation

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
womencantsail (6906) - Garbage Grove, California, USA - MAY 16, 2012
Pours a pale golden color with a nice big white head. Really a nice nose. Lots of floral and earthy hop notes along with plenty of yeast, mild spice, and bread. A bit of cracker and biscuit malt, too. The flavor really nicely features the floral hops and there’s a light spiciness to the beer. Really good yeast notes and a pleasant malt sweetness, maybe even a bit of honey. Excellent, easy to drink beer.


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