Blue Ridge (SC) Kurli Blonde Ale

Brewed by Blue Ridge Brewing Co. (SC)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Greenville, South Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft at the brewpub. Pours a hazy amber color with a medium sized frothy off-white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of sweet, grainy malts. The taste is grass, grain, sweet caramel malts. Medium bodied.

Pours cloudy lemon yellow. Very light aromas of lemon, a little metallic, a little skunky. Medium-bodied palate is a little flat, bitter in the back palate. Not exciting

Draft @ the brewpub. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak hoppy hints. Sweetish malty grainy weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy finish.

Very pale golden with a fluffy, white head that leaves spots of lace. Lightly grainy aroma with a mild hint of dusty hops. Light bodied but refreshing with a touch of lemon and earthy. Finishes clean with a bit of lingering bitterness.

Hazy yellow, whitish cover. Aroma is fruity, pear, apple. Taste is dusty, some light fruits and a bit of corniness. Pretty good blonde.

Very weak. Mostly pale lager flavor, but with some minor pils taste. A little less sweetness than a pale lager, with some grassyness. Drinkable.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours hazy golden yellow with small white head. The aroma is sourdough bread, lemon zest, and a bit of grassy hops. The flavor is grassy hops, sourdough, and a rather unpleasant soap and leather finish. Not very exciting.

On tap at the brewpub 2/1/08: Pours a mostly transparent hazy golden with a pillowy, clumpy-lacing white head. Lightly grainy pale malty sweet nose has some mild lemon citrus notes. Starts semi-sweet and grainy with some earthy bittering hops and mild citrus tartness. Pretty true to style and drinkable.

Their blonde ale doesn’t really look that blonde to me, pouring a copper-orange color. Nice head and lacing. Slightly sweet floral hopping, light malt, crisp and light but a lot of flavor for what it is. A good session choice and really something I can see being refreshing on a hot summer day.

Appearance: Lightly hazy, burnished gold body with a small white head. Smell: Fairly mild aroma of crackers and sour lemons. Taste: Light wheat cracker flavor with no more than a touch of sweetness. Hint of lemons. Mild bitterness helps the beer finish dry. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A respectable light blonde ale.