Cascade Four Seasons Summer Blonde

Formerly brewed at Cascade Brewery (CUB)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: MAR 26, 2004 Well says on the label its a "crisp and zesty wheatbeer", well its a touch crisp, but not particularly zesty or wheat-beerish. Uninteresting aroma, some sweet malty aromas, myabe some hops. Palate is lihgt-sweet, finishing dry, lightly crisp, lightly bitter, lightly malty, lightly hoppy, uninteresting, and too clean tasting, nothin much happening, OK balance i suppose, but a bit of a joke, especially at $15 AUS as 4 pack!!! Re:rate: just sweet crap in the end, but i guess its drinkable original rating-1.6

1st year this came out it was a great beer but from thn on it went down hill tastes like water from the derwent river give it a miss its not a wheat beer more a golden lager not impressed by the local drop

To me this displayed none of the charaacterisitics that I associate with a wheat beer, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Poured crystal clear amber gold with a nice head that flattened into a lacy ring for the duration. I found no citrus or fruit characters at all in the aroma, only wet vegetation and malt. The palate is a nicely rounded light malt, slightly sweet, with grassy hops a pleasantly noticable presence. A great summer golden ale, but not a wheat beer in my books.

Bottled. Straw colur, clear, near no head. Grapefruity cascade hop aroma. Sweet and orangey with rounded mouthfeel and light wheat malt character. The hope contribute more to aroma than bitterness. I find this beer pretty pleasant, and well balanced as far as summer beers go.

Lightweight seasonal wheat beer. It pours a light lemon colour with a fleeting head. Very fizzy-looking. Odd, uninviting nose with some sour uric notes. A light, effervescent champagne-like body that ultimately feels insubstantial. Some citric notes and barely-there hoppiness. Essentially characterless, with none of the flavour and body of a good European wheat beer. One of the weaker links in the ’Four Seasons’ range. (2003, bottle)

Tasted from the bottle. Poured a crystal clear, pale straw body with big odd bubbles that failed to form a head ( had minimal lacing ). No aroma, like trying to scent aroma from an Evian bottle! Light bodied inside, slightly acrid sour notes, citric cordial flavours and orange & lemon peel hints on the palate. Not at all a wheat beer and let alone flavoursome, nothing more than another forgettable macro-brewed ’Aussie’ beer!!!

Light citrusy hops and malt nose, pours golden with foamy white head. Light malt body with a bit of hoppiness. Apparently this is suppose to be a wheat beer? Nothing outstanding at all really.

UPDATED: FEB 15, 2005 Bottle: Clear light gold with a foamy white head. Cittrussy and grassy aroma, some melon and background malts (faint though). Hop dominant flavour but a little weak. Also very noticable sulphur flavours in the beginning. Soft carbonation and light bitterness. Nice enough, but bland (summer seems to mean bland in Australian beer language).

Clear, light and fruity. Small head no lacing, long bitterness. No noticeable aroma. Very cold though. Too thirsty for it to warm up.

A very nice light wheat beer that is perfectly suited to a hot Australian afternoon. The hops aroma is crisp and refreshing, as is the light taste of wheat. When it’s 40° outside and the beer’s 4°, it’s perfect.

I can only assume that what this brewery is trying to tell me is that in summer people like to drink beer that has no flavour. Boring as hell, but without fault. Slight sweetness is the only distinguising feature. Drinkable yes, interesting hell no.