Carlyle Honey Ale

Brewed by Carlyle Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Rockford, Illinois USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Good aroma of honey and light taste of coriander. Golden color with small head. Fair hoppiness.

tap at brewpub-pours a nice blonde hue with minimal white head-aroma is sweet with some fruity notes-flavors are sweet, but not like honey. the honey adds a sweet malt element that goes along with the earthy hops in this one. another good brew from this brewery!

Got this one in a growler at the brewpub. Dark yellow pour with a thin, white head.

Golden in color with a small, white head. Rather yeasty aroma, with coriander notes giving a pretty good Belgianesque first impression, a true surprise. Sweet, lightly malty flavor with more of that yeasty Belgian fruitiness. Moderately carbonated, with a grainy, lightly sour finish.

On tap at the brewpub,
Clear straw-gold with thin, quickly vanishing head. Faint aroma of grassy hops and coriander. Flavor is a pleasant surprise thanks to the subtle but effective coriander spice kick. Sweet malt and light honey touch join in shortly afterward, wrapped up by a light hop bitterness. Thinnish body & mouthfeel as one might expect from the style. The coriander is a brilliant touch that adds flair to this otherwise workaday style.

Arrived from tap a nice clear, golden color with a thick, bubbly head that quickly fades down to a film. Aroma is has a light noble hops note, light caramel, sweet fruity note with some light honey undertones but the overall aroma is pretty light. Flavor starts off with a slight watery floral hop flavor, light vanilla, light honey with a smooth light malt note. Low density and carbonation, no lacing is left on the glass and the overall flavor is modest but quickly disappears. Overall a good brew and one that is hard to offend. Perfect for a few pints due to the low alcohol and pretty decent flavor for a light brew.

Sampler. So I get to add the rating that gives this beer a ranking. I feel the weight of both power and responsibility! Here goes: a bit of lace in the glass (in fact, all the samplers I tasted showed good head retention and a bit of lace). Light coriander note as promised, but not too much. Additionally, I detect a slight weizen style banana nose. Pretty good, even though it’s still in the light range.

Golden honey ale, that I’m surprised is listed here as an amber. Minimal bitterness, it reminded me of a George Killians Irish Honey. Nothing groundbreaking happening here.