Edenton Joseph Hewes Revolutionary Ale

Formerly brewed at Edenton Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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29-Apr-06 (12 oz bottle: Obtained 25-Mar-06 in trade with Jonathan3584, thanks Jonathan!) Ahh, a much better bottle this time. Lightly sweet, somewhat doughy and grainy aroma initially, but once some headspace opens up, the nose takes on a definite grain/husk/cooked corn aroma. That’s probably not a good thing, but I still find it moderately pleasant. Drinking this beer is like nibbling on the corn husk after eating all the kernels, and again, it’s tastes fairly pleasing to me as well. Only lightly sweet, not really doughy or bready at all in taste, gently bitter. The mouthfeel is actually on the dry side, so not what I expected based on my first sniff of this beer. Carbonation is pretty light as well, and body is about medium. Very hazy, golden in color with a smallish, white head. Only a few spots of foam on the glass. Well, not too bad at all for a golden ale, though I imagine many would balk at the cooked corn husk aroma and flavor. Hey, at least it wasn’t infected this time!

Early Sep, 2005 (12 oz bottle: Obtained 16-Jul-05 in trade with BlueDevil0206, thanks James!) Despite the fact that I am wise to what this beer wants to do (give me a glass filled with head), it still pours with a billowing white head, large enough that I can’t pour the entire bottle of beer into my pint glass. Uh oh. It smells like a gueuze, that can’t be a good sign. Well, the flavor is somewhat sour, but let’s call this just a mild infection because I can easily identify lightly sweet and grainy malts, as well as some lightly spicy hops. The finish is all sour though. Dark golden color. Definitely will require a rerate.

Clear golden coloured body with a thin white head. Aroma of pale malt, metal and funky hops. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong assertive malt up front with a sugary taste touched with a bit of hops. Aftertaste shows some funky metal and not much copmlexity. Overall, not such a great beer, but not horrible either. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, D.C.

Way past its prime. Found at the infamous Team Beverage. Why doesn’t that place put all their old beer on sale to move it out??? This was an unbalanced mess skunky

bottle. murky yellow body with small particles afloatin’. small white head. decent lacing. aromas of caramel and some light hops. flavor is light and easy to drink. actually much better than expected.

Hmph. You’d think a beer named after a historical figure would have more character, or would at least be palatable. This is mostly ass, I must say. Gold and mildly hazy on the pour, with a ripe yeasty aroma that promises good things. But this one is either way past its prime or just, well, ass.

The first time I cracked one of these open it sucked frankly. However, i was looking in one of the remaining bottles and realized that there was some sediment in there that i dumped in last time. So, round two. Pours a thick golden brew. Definitely some chacater to it, sort of hazy. not bad. The head is hard to get if you pour carefully enough not to stir up that stuff. Thin and white, not bad. The aroma is sort of ill begotten. Sort of sour (bad), some hop bite, mainly just this funky smell. Unfortunately the taste suffers the same fate. Just weird. The palate has an interesting twang to it, but not enough to be like "wow, thats good". The finish is just there, nothing to be said about it. Overall it just tastes weird. Not complex, just like it went bad (maybe/hopefully it has).

Trade from Ross. Glugs out of the bottle and still no head. Color is a golden color with lots of sediment that leads to the haziness. Aroma is slight caramel malt, faint not much else going in the aroma or in the taste. Maybe a slight fruitness in the taste. Bleh.

Bottle. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is caramel, allspice, and cookies. Flavor is malt, slightly bitter and pine. Watery.

Highly cloudy, bright yellow with no head. The slightly bitter aroma of stale, spoiled hops is not pleasant. It is not complex. The buttery flavor has a tneder hoppiness. It has smooth mouthfeel, but this is due to its lack of carbonation. Overall, it is thin and bland.

From notes 10/14/04: Pours a hazy golden color with a milky white head. Looks illuminated from within. Wet loose sloppy lace remains as you imbibe. Aromas have almost a subtle lambic-esque "funk" to it. A soury, yeasty air...but not one to overwhelm and take over the senses. Just enough. Juicy fruity scents involved as well. Malty sweet flavors with the added bonus of one of those blended orange juice cartons: pineapple/orange? Strawberry/orange/banana? Interesting. Modest mouthfeel. Drinkable as a unique brew. As it poured, I frankly expected a "usual" blonde. Not so. Finishes with a brisk kick to the seat of the pants. Aftertaste of either Juicy Fruit or Fruit Stripe gum lingers

UPDATED: AUG 27, 2007 Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle. This beer poured a dark golden color with a trace of a white head that fades almost instantly. The aroma is fruity, citrusy and sweet with a bit of pineapple in the finish. The flavor is sweet and fruity with a pine element and sweet ginger like finish. The mouthfeel is just a tad thin but this is a nice quaffing brew.