Fyne Ales Avalanche

Brewed by Fyne Ales
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Cairndow, Argyll, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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My Bottom Line:
This crisp Golden Ale’s herbal hop resins produce enough bitterness to balance out a swift pale malt brush, creating yet another fine quaffer for this brewery.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam skirts the pale blond.
-It’s rather amazing to this Canadian that one brewery can bottle three Golden Ales which are quite similar, but when they are all this impressive, I guess it’s impossible to complain.
-The finishing hop bitterness is quite lengthy.
-This is another Kellerbier-like flavor profile from Fyne Ales. Num num.
-No need for complexity when you’ve got such a wonderful presentation of straightforward coupled with high drinkability.
-Hops are also citrusy once in a while.

Bottle.

Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (26 May 12) - part of battle of the brewers between Houston, Fyne and Sulwath - clear pale yellow ale, creamy white head, citrus hop aroma, good temperature, lemony, quite high carbonation, refreshing

AROMA: floral, raisin, APPEARANCE: pale, frothy quickly disappears, clear TASTE: light sweetness, medium bitterness PALATE: medium body, thin feel, average carbonation, bitter, long finish OVERALL: fresh ale with a nice balance of subtle sweetness followed by bitterness, very hoppy.

bread, floral, aroma thin pale, clear, white foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, I’get found this a consistantly enjoyable ale, tho’ I favor Jarl from the same brewer.

Cask. Light golden straw with a soapy head. Malty caramel, some hays and grasses. Light. Bitter and refreshing finish.

Cask at bow. Light yellow with tiny white head. Nice amercian citrus go aroma. Light citrus taste. Quite thin. Not bad

500ml. Pours light, good lasting head. Hoppy, citrus, grape, mostly fruit. Excellent pre dinner beer.

Avalanche on lasissa kauniin keltainen ja kirkas. Sen vaahto on valkoinen ja pieni kerros sitä sinnittelee oluen pinnalla pitkään. Tuoksussa on greippiä, kukkaisuutta, keksiä ja hieman mallasta. Maku on raikkaan greippinen, hieman maltainen, keksinen ruohoinen ja katkera. Virkistävän kepeää ja maukasta nestettä.

Cask at cloisters. Pale golden amber, creamy white head. Biscuit malt, big grapefruit hop nose. Hint of citrus. Sweet malt front, bready, juicy fruity hop, grapefruit and pineapple perhaps. Smooth bitter linger. Surprisingly full bodied. Excellent beer.

Really good aroma . Excellent blond colour . A prefect starbright beer . Superb hop profile . Good clean resin flavours and very fresh flavours. The malt character is high quality pale malt also like whisky malt carbonation light but good and soft .

Pours a really watered down lemonade, but it had a nice head on it while it lasted. The aroma is pleasant, grassy hop with really light citrus smells, a little bit of a biscuit malt. Taste has the same hops as in the smell. Its grassy and faint lemon notes, little bit bitter. There’s a little bit of bready flavour. Bitterness lasts through to the finish, and the mouth feel is fitting. Really light and matches the carbonation of the beer really well. Obviously at 4.5% there’s no alcohol in the taste. I’m pretty confident I could down a 500ml bottle in about 5 minutes without noticing it, if I was out somewhere. It’s pretty much just the epitome of refreshing well done blond ale. There’s not a whole lot going on, but what is in there is put together well. on the down side… kinda looks like pee…