Duncans Founders Tall Blonde

Brewed by Duncans Founders Brewery
Style: Pilsener
Nelson, New Zealand

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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UPDATED: MAR 4, 2011 A golden beer with a disappearing head. The aroma is malty and quite light. The flavor is a little sour but also malty and with notes of straw and a hint of wheat.

Pours clear golden with a luffy white head that subsides slowly. More grassy aromas than citrus. Golden hiney flavour that I’m not mad about. Just a gentle, cleansing lager that’s a bit soapy on the finish.

500 ml bottle Aroma: Something burnt (very faint), tinge of herbal hops, a hint of yeast. Appearance: Very clear pale golden colour, thick white head, foamy, dissipates into rings of thick lacing and settle into a thick foam looks like sea salt foam but white. Taste: Bitter, pretty much just bitter but there is - or maybe my imagination - a hint of salt. Palate: I have to go with thin bodied but the soft carbonation makes it seem a little heavier, sort of dry texture and a light bitter alcoholic finish. Overall: I actually like it. It is not cloying or chewy, it is sort of just bitter and hoppy. So, it is not remarkable but it is a little puzzling.

Draft at the brewery. Pours a pale clear yellow-gold with a bubbly white head and a lot of carbonation. Aroma of citrus, hops, and fruit. Flavor is fruity, with hops and light earthy notes. Light bodied, and almost like a sparkling wine. Interesting take on a pilsner, and I’d rather have this interpretation than most macro pilsners.

Bottle. Pours a bright golden with a moderate bubbly white head that leaves a ring of lace. Gentle hop aroma, some citrus and stems. Crisp grainy profile nicely balanced by fruity hop character suggestive of citrus and pineapple. Finish is quite bitter. A pilsner with nice hop character.

Draught at Founders Brewery, Nelson. Pours pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma of malt, citrus, honey and grassy hops. The flavour is malt, citrus and honey. Thin bodied with low carbonation.

Draught at the brewery bar with Demise. Pours pale golden, white head. Nice yeasty aroma with some citrus fruit, wheat. Tastes has a lot of hop bitterness. Malt makes for some sweetness which the hops offset. Finishes long and dry.

Very pale - grassy/golden colour with a soft white head that diminishes. Initial aromas are of strong hops with some sweetness like honey. Delicate hints of grass and flowers, a very inviting aroma. First taste was a pleasant hoppy bitterness, although this did not last long and the beer became weak and watery. Very clean flavours, a hint of citrus, some straw-like malt, maybe a bit of vanilla. Not very complex. Crisp on the palate, very refreshing.

Enjoyed a pint at the Brewery itself under the hot Nelson sun. Pours cloudy, almost yellow in colour, with a decent white head. Slightly sweet and wheat-like on the nose with fruity aromas. Hoppy bitterness prominent from the first mouthful - impressive for a kiwi-produced golden lager - with smooth malt characters and passionfruit coming through to sweeten. Slight vanilla notes on the finish. Full-bodied for a lager and rich in flavour. Leaves a hoppy aftertaste, bodering on peppery. Lovely.

Bottle - 500ml. Hazy blond body with average carbonation and a thin white foamy head. Fresh hoppy aroma with honeyish and grassy hints. Sharp hoppy taste that ends with a good bitter finish. Good Pilsner.

I’ve had this one in New Zealand on my honeymoon.
Pretty plain pilsener. Nothing special.