Franconia Baja Blonde

Brewed by Franconia Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
McKinney, Texas USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Served in a 24 oz frozen mug. Clear golden color/ white head. Mild honey biscuit malt aromas. medium body. Good malty yeasty white bread flavors with a spicy crisp finish. much better as it warmed.

it scores a two on appearance due to the pretty icicles served insanely to cold could not smell anything hell couldnt taste much due to cold. almost like a 7 11 slushie. food was long done by time chalice even began to warm up. may be better if served properly

Had this one on tap at Fuzzy’s on Abrams in Arlington. As the other reviewers have said, this was served in a completely frozen chalice. As a result, the beer turned to ice at the sides and on the top, resulting in a beer slushie. There was basically no aroma to be found, even after the beer warmed for 15-20 minutes. The flavor was wheat and bananas. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not sure how this would be if it was served properly, but the way it was served, I didn’t enjoy it,.

(Draught, Fuzzy’s Tacos – Denton, TX) Pours a clear golden body with a medium white head and nice webbed lacing. Aroma of grain, grass, and light florals. Flavor of lightly toasted grain, grass, and some caramel. Served way too cold! Took a good 15 mins or more to come to a reasonable serving temperature.

On tap at Fuzzy’s Taco in Arington. The beer as previously mentioned is served cold in an ice cold goblet. The smell is light, grains, and some faint florals. The taste is grains, slight malts sweetness, floral, and decent for what it is. Refreshing.

On tap at the Arlington Fuzzy’s location. Frozen (with what could possibly be liquid nitrogen) goblet. Golden in color. Hard to tell the clarity as it is laden with ice crystals. Ice floating around with the white head that stays a while. Are you kidding me? This is ridiculously cold! Wonder if Dennis has seen how cold they are serving it... Aroma is really too cold to smell. Hints of grain, sweet malts, some berry. Taste is grain, sweet, bready, caramel, and grassy. Less fruit notes the Lucky Number 7. High carbonation that is somewhat hidden when frozen. Icy mouthfeel. WHY SO COLD?!

On tap. Clear gold pour with a foamy head. Aroma is grain, crisp, light malts. Flavor is grain, light malts, crisp and fairly refreshing. Fine blond, just not very exciting

On tap at Fuzzy’s Taco in Arlington. Goldin color with a good sized white head. Aroma is of grian, sweet malt. Taste is the same. Good carbonation

On tap at the Fuzzy’s Tacos on Abram. I’ve had it twice at the time of this rating and both times it was served so cold that the head and any runoff was frozen to the glass. Underneath the ice cube of a head is some frozen, clear, pale, yellow beer. Absolutely no smell at all. Taste is light and very refreshing. Compliments my burrito very well.

As the beer warms up and the ice melts away there is a faint grassy aroma with some grain. Flavor is about the same. The warmer it gets, the worse it gets. Now I feel foolish for sitting there cupping my goblet with my hands for several minutes. I’ll give this the benefit of the doubt and rate it cold.

Available only at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop in Arlington. Not sure if it is available at other Fuzzy’s also, but if not this is an odd location choice for a McKinney based brewery. Served in a giant frozen goblet. Clear golden appearance. Smell is nothing because it’s too damn cold. The top half of my beer is frozen. Taste is light wheat grains with citrus yeast. Finishes bitter and bready. Once my beer melts I’ll write more. Almost finished with my beer now and there are still cubes in it. Ugh. Smell is starting to appear though. Mainly grass notes and grain. A bit of perfumy spice also. Not as good as the wheat in my opinion but nonetheless refreshing. Bitters increasingly as it warms.