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Finch’s Golden Wing Blonde Ale

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5081
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bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 70   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.09   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Finch’s Blonde Ale is an easy drinking and approachable American craft beer. It has a moderately sweet malty aroma and is deep gold in color. We like to think of this particular one as more of a ’Dirty Blonde.’ When you first pour it, a soft lacey foam clings to the glass as malty aromas fill your nose and linger to the final sip. Upon finish, this blonde turns heads with a smooth finish and a touch of bitterness in the aftertaste. Enjoy this medium-bodied craft beer anytime of year.


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3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
decaturstevo (4080) - decatur, Tennessee, USA - MAY 15, 2013
Lightly hazed gold pour with light creamy head and lace. Aroma is paper and light citrus. Medium malt and perfumy hops. Light medium bitter. Light medium body but fizzy.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
rangerred (662) - Johnson City, Tennessee, USA - MAY 5, 2013
160z can into a pint glass. Pours a slightly hazy medium gold with a half finger white head. Head quickly fades to just a thin lace leaving decent lacing on the sides of the glass as the beer is drunk. Aroma is quite yeasty with Some toasted malt and lemony notes. A little bit of grass as well. The flavor expands on the characteristics found in the aroma with more toasted malt along with grass and hay. There are some lemon and peach notes along with a little bit of butterscotch. Bitterness is moderate with a fairly dry mouthfeel throughout. Nice crisp finish. Overall, there is not a lot to this beer but that is typical for the style. This is a great summer brew and a perfect thirst quencher on a hot day. More flavor than bmc and overall, a pleasure to drink.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
kwoeltje (2065) - Manchester, Missouri, USA - MAY 2, 2013
(can Porter Atlanta) pale gold with white head. Fruity aroma. Flavor was some peachy, esters, a bit tart.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
ryecatcher (351) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - APR 16, 2013
Can at Wildfire Beer Dinner. Pours hazy pale yellow, decent off-white head with some lacing. Nose is malt and breadiness. Mouth is more of the same, with some lemon grass, hops and a cereal finish that I didn’t care for. Average.

2.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Patrickctenchi (1687) - columbus, Indiana, USA - MAR 20, 2013
Can: Pours very cloudy citrus yellow with a frothy off-white head..leaves a curtain of lace all the way through. Aroma is sweet malt, bread. Taste is grassy hops, pepper. Not bad, more like an APA....

2.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Travlr (7984) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - MAR 2, 2013
Can. Clear golden color, medium white head. Aroma of grass, straw, subtle white pepper. Taste is bitter grass. Very lager-like.

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
thedm (4773) - Fort Wayne, USA - JAN 1, 2013
This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a very large sized head of foamy finely sized bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a softly carbonated slightly hazy yellow orange colored body. The mild aroma was malt hop. The semi-thick mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of dough and hops. An OK brew just nothing special.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
boxofrane (1184) - pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 26, 2012
Can from mari’s..Pours hazy orange with a small white head. The aroma Is biscuit and citrus.. Orange notes. The taste is light, wheat and light citrus

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
5000 (4974) - Hardened Liver, Washington, USA - DEC 10, 2012
Can:   Dirty straw, little sudsy white head, spotty lacing.   Mealy/husky nose, a little musty and basement like.   Not a fresh example.   Slight earth/soil aspect emerges as it warms.   Mealy start, slightly astringent, faint earth/soil towards the end.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Finishes with a soft astringent mealy maltiness, straw like, soily and earthy.   Not my type of Golden at all.


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
DrSilverworm (2716) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - DEC 7, 2012
16oz can, from Party Source. No date stamp found. Overfilled can flicks beer everywhere as it’s opened. Pours a hazy golden / orange color. Lots of particles visible in the body. Good thick off-white head. Leaves decent bubbly lace. Nice smooth lighter carbonation, lighter body, more dry texture. Good hoppy flavor to this - citrusy, grass, hay. Nice zesty sweetness, and light hoppy bitterness. Good lightly peppery breadiness as well, that adds some herbal - savory flavor. Nice complex smooth hoppy golden ale


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