Hepworth Blonde

Brewed by Hepworth
Style: Premium Lager
Horsham, England

Serve in Lager glass

A pleasant refreshing British lager.Clean tasting and inoffensive,Bottled as Beer Station Cool Blonde.

On tap at the Anchor, Birmingham as part of their organic beer weekend. Nice Lager, with peaty notes (or perhaps that was my mind getting too far into the organic spirit). Plenty of flavour, but low on fizz, with no head. A slow building taste. Crisp, refreshing.

Bottle. Crisp lager, generously hopped. Flowers and dryness. Light body, short finish. A refresher, not much more, but far better than most macro lagers.

Bottle, 33cl. Not much to discern on the nose, and quite sour with undertones of hops and yeast on the palate. Quite crisp and clean, but disconcertingly short-lived head. Decent enough overall.

Draught @ The Rake, 14 Winchester Walk, London, Greater London England SE1 9AG.

Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100730]

UPDATED: MAR 19, 2006 330ml bottle, purchased from Bairds Farm Shop, Climping, Sussex (best before 6 December 2006). Hepworths seem to have dropped the "Cool" from the name and its now just called Blonde. Pours a rich fold colour with a big, fluffy, white head. It may start off "luxuriant" but dwindled away to nothing pretty smartish. The aroma isn’t too clean, with more cereally malt than hop. British organic beers invariably seem to use New Zealand hops (as we don’t grow hops organically here), which sometimes seem a bit lacking zippy freshness. Which is the case here. There’s a hint of wet cardboard. Improves somewhat on the palate, although its still a bit short of hop presence. Clean and a touch sharp, making for a quite refreshing beer. Not very lively on the tongue, so the mouthfeel is quite soft. Nonetheless, a marked, lasting, acidity develops strongly in the aftertaste. Could do with a bit more zesty zing.

33cl bottle from Cask & Glass. Gold with thin white head. Blast of citric lemon hop on aroma, a bit flat in mouth, but at least not pukey, before more aromatic lemon hops on end. Quite a good attempt. Plenty of flavour.

A hazy light yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of straw, but also light notes of malt. The flavor has the strongest notes of citrus, but also a light malt note.