College Green Belfast Blonde

College Green Brewery
Brewed at Hilden
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: OCT 1, 2008 Bottled at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. Very pale yellow, no head. Grainy and very light with vague floral hops. Extremely drinkable, bordering to watery with a hint of paper. low bitterness. A very subtle and restrained ale that gets away with it’s lightness thanks to soft malt and extreme drinkability.

Pours amber/blonde with gentle bubbles and a small head which disappears quite quickly. The nose has honey and cornflakes. The taste has lemon, honey and shredded wheat. The palate is light to medium bodied and this carries through into the texture - the finsih is clean. Overall, a decent session ale.

smooth and slick with some foam and substance in the body. bit of hop and fleeting golden blonde malt cereal flavor with a touch of sweetness. refined like an English brew and drinkable. astringent almost mint tea component near the start.

from farmers market strabane. pale beer with pleasant and distinct hop character lingering at the end. wont be returning

On tap at Mulligan’s, Dublin on 30th September 2011. Hazy gold with lasting thin white head and patchy lacing. Yeast and citrus aroma, then very hoppy in-mouth with fragrant fruity grapefruit. Touch of tangerine in the nose as liquid subsides. Aftertaste remains citric and tangy. Pleasant fine-carbonation texture.

Tried on draught at Hilden Beer Festival August 2011 and from bottle 10/9/11 certainly lives up to its name pouring a pale transparent blonde with fluffy white head. We decided it should be called "awkward blonde" at the festival due to the font fobbing! Floral hop aromas on the nose with underlying honey sweetness. Prickly carbonation, malt sweetness with a clean lightly bitter finish. Served cold on a summers day this would slip down nicely.

Nose is urinal cakes, some mediumbitter hops, dry lemon, feel is watery, carb is mediumweak, taste is weak bitter.hops.at first, then lemon throughout

Cask. The Pub, Leicester. Thin white head, blonde body. Grass, dough, aromatic. Sweet, with a bitter finish.

Bottle, appearance: pale orange, snow white head. Aroma: Sour, oranges, grassy hops, yeast. Flavour: honey, lots of honey, malt, hops. Almost like Meade. Wow. Didn’t expect this 

500 ml. bottle (Deveney’s) Very little aroma. Attractive clear pale appearance. Fizzy palate without a very pronounced taste. Overall impression: gassy and light on taste.

0,5 l bottle as a gift, thanks Ompher!
Clear golden beer with a small lacing white head.Moderated aroma with malt, straw and sourish apple. Thin bodied with some malt, light sourish and fruity yeasts, light bitterness. Sourish greenapple aftertaste.