 beerguy101 (3478), Newark, California, USA
Aug 30, 2008 This blond ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweet. A medium bodied golden ale. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are mild and slightly spicy. It a fairly typical golden/blond ale, a little sweet tasting and not very hoppy. Decent balance. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
Ty5592 (1009), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 13, 2007 light golden color with small white head. Aroma of bread and light sour notes. Fizzy tasting corn like sour notes. Not that bad but not that good either.
drewbeerme (1790), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oct 6, 2007 12oz. thanks to alafito for this extra. pours golden with white head. nose is bready with hints of vinegar. taste very bready and buttery. sorta spoiled aftertaste. not much hop presence, not crisp, clean, or refreshing. just off aromas and flavors. poorly done. i think i like it better than BMC but not much.
DarkElf (2654), La Jolla, California, USA
Jul 10, 2007 09-Jul-07 (12 oz bottle: Purchased 03-Jun-07 for $1.39 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) Oh boy… You know you’re in trouble when you bring a pilsener to your nose and it smells like sourdough. To make matters worse, there is a strong whiff of butter and even a hint of vinegar. In the background, bready malts make a play for attention, but it requires determination to get past the off-aromas. In the flavor, while the bready malts play a larger part, the beer also tastes sour and buttery, especially in the finish. Unfortunately, there isn’t even a hint of hops coming through, neither in the flavor nor the aroma. Body and carbonation are both medium. Lightly hazy and golden in color with hardly any carbonation bubbles rising through the beer. It’s capped by a small and very short-lived, off-white head that fully dissipates. Given that this should be a clean lager, the assumption that this is a flawed bottle of this beer seems reasonable. This is a drain pour, so a rerate is in order, but only after some time passes and the next batch hits the shelves. But even without the flaws, the underlying beer seems very bready with little in the way of hops, and thus still not a very interesting or refreshing pilsener.
mjg74 (1776), La Mesa, California, USA
Jun 10, 2007 Bottle from Keil’s. Medium golden color upon pouring. Lightly sweet aroma with a hint of grain. Grainy flavors dominate. A little sweet, but certainly drinkable.
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