3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This brew poured golden, honey-amber with a thickish off-white head and minimal lacing. As regards the head retention, it didn't las long, but a wisp remained throughout.
Aroma is of sweet, roasted malt, honey, ginger and lemon rind. A lot of freshness here, you can tell from the smell this will be a good drinking brew.
Mouthfeel is medium to full. Initial flavors are pink grapefruit, honey and hop bitterness, but the aftertaste is generally sweet and lingering. This is a good,unusual American beer, pretty damned drinkable. Don't know what the ABV is yet, but there is subdued alcohol strength, so I am thinking around 6+ percent.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Birdsall House. Pours a lightly hazed golden amber with a thin white head. Sweet candy and grain, floral candy. Floral and sweet, lightly grainy. Smooth, light caramel, a touch empty. Big grainy bitterness, smooth overall and decent enough.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Lazy Boy. Pours clear golden with white head. Aroma and flavor is mostly grain with some floral hop and citrus notes. Pretty easy drinking. Didn’t think the ABV would be this high.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
interesting to enjoy a blond that is powered up with hops and an alcohol that is amped as well but still not apparant. the brew looks golden pale and really beer geeks (like me) could tell what was going on by looking at it. the brew has a light bar soap taste and finish with wheat and is chalky as well as refreshing. the lye like soap flavor competes with that blonde ale character of deepness and in the end leaves me just a little short with vegetable and sweetness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewery. Pours a somewhat darkened hazed gold with a moderate off-white head. Pleasant aroma of malt along with some very light fruit. The flavor is similar and is again mostly malt with some light fruit flavor and sweetness. Moderate bitterness at the finish. Not all that exciting, but no problems either.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
on tap-pours a rich white head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is sweet light malt, spice hops. Taste is sweet light malt, spice/perfumy hops.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Golden color small fluffy head. Aroma is sweet with some belgian spice. Flavor has some faint pine, mostly sweet, simple.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft. Pours a golden body with a white head. Sweet with some fruit esters and a mild warming with some grain. A lightly floral citrus character but bread y at the same time. Okay.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft. Pours orange with an off white head. The aroma is fruity sweet with sweet malt notes. The flavor has some toffee like sweetness, grain, and a light hoppy finish. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at D’s in Monroeville. Pours a clear golden color with a small foamy bone white head. Some nice lacing. Nose of sweet apple, fresh grass clippings, and a mild hop bitterness. Very crisp, yet kind of weak flavor. A little pilsy with a slight fruit character and dry mild hop finish. Pretty light body with a good bitey carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
There is nothing interesting about this beer. If you could possibly imagine an "Imperial Budweiser" as in, a Bud that is given some extra attention in all categories minus the skunk, you basically have this. So what we are left with is a little bit of honey sweetness and a little bit of hop backing, but nothing that really makes it worth anything.
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