Buckbean Original Orange Blossom Ale

Formerly brewed at Buckbean Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Reno, Nevada USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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16 ounce can from BelgianBeerGal. Thanks! Pours a burnished copper color with a thin head. Fair retention and lacing. Aroma of grainy malts with distinct orange and light honey notes. Taste is honey, floral notes, orange and light grain.

Full review with photos, why cans are great, and links to other reivews can be found here -- http://beer47.com/2009/03/buckbean-original-oran review:----- Appearance. Orange Blossom Ale pours our of the can smoothly with a nice thick frothy head. The beer is coudy and has a color that is somewhere between dark honey and light amber.----- Smell. Upon opening the can, the smell is bready and yeasty but the bouquet becomes fruity and sweet-floral, like the scent of jasmine or orange blossom flowers. The floral bouquet is quite intense but in the background there is still a hint of malted grains, this is still a beer.----- Taste. Original Orange Blossom ale has a sweet honey maltiness without actually being sweet. There is a touch of hop bitterness making it crisp and clean coupled with a floral and fruity orange flavor.----- Mouthfeel. This beer is a light to medium bodied beer that goes down very smooth. For some reason, I feel that I want more carbonation.----- Drinkabil Original Orange Blossom Ale is highly drinkable and very refreshing.----- Serving type: can

This orange beer poured with a foamy off-white head and yes, an orange blossom aroma. There is a sour funky citrus flavor that is fortunately thin enough that you can’t taste it much. Nothing to write home about.

Can courtesy of BelgianBeerGal. Pours a hazy amber/copper with a white head. Smells of oranges, sweet malt. Tastes of oranges with some dryness on the finish. Reminds me of a shandy.

16 ounce can purchased at the Davis Food Co-Op. Aroma is very sweet, fruity, orangey, with hints of honey. Smells more like orange soda than beer. Transparent orange-copper body with a medium off-white head. Fair lacing. Starts very carbonated, spritzy. Has some herbal, floral sweetness in the middle. Kind of watery before a bit of a caramel malty finish. Has a bit of a dry finish. This reminds me way too much of Buffalo Bill’s, which is definitely not a good thing.

Can courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours an orange color with aroma of candied/ sugar orange with some barely noticeable hops. Flavor is somewhat watery orange and some hops. Not bad, but not awesome.

Can from the Coop in Davis, CA. Sort of an orangey amber color with a slight off-white head. Aroma of grain with something lightly orange/citrus. Near medium body with fizzy carbonation. Goes flat in the mouth rather quickly. Pretty light ale. Not a great deal of orange. Mildly astringent. Begs the question: why?

beer tasting, Might be a good beer in the heat of summer.. Not much Orange flavor..I would recommed a blueberry wheat over this

Oh boy, this is not a good beer. Yikes. Orange pour with white head. Tastes like cheap orange candy. Harsh and bitter orange. Dry palate. Pretty gross.

I’m sure glad this can is the label stated “original” version of this beer and not some knock off. Pours orange with a slight haze and tiny white head. The aroma is orange candy that seems to be mixing faint wheat, malt and sugar. The taste is very orange candy mingling with a black tea sensation and a dash of malt. Into the finish the sugar sweet orange candy notes fade enough to allow one to enjoy just a note or two of malts as well as the persistent black tea flavor.