 MartinT (4497), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nov 27, 2008
<i>My Bottom Line:</i><br />
An intricate interplay of crisp cereals, wooden dryness and citrusy tartness maintains itself throughout this slender and quenching oak-aged Golden Ale.<br />
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<i>Further Personal Perceptions:</i><br />
-A veil of foam skirts the hazy blonde.<br />
-The tartness can easily be predicted from the aroma; it never overwhelms the blonde ale within though, which is nice.<br />
-The body is a tad lighter than the regular Ostalgia Blonde.<br />
-Carbonation is prickly and, teamed up with the tartness and lean body, makes for some very easy drinking.<br />
-This is a compelling twist on their regular Ostalgia Blonde, one which is able to retain its initial character while offering a completely side of itself.<br />
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<b>Bottle at the brewery tasting room.</b>
Glouglouburp (2157), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jan 9, 2009 <b>In short: </b>A slightly wild woody blonde ale of some kind. Very good and original.<br />
<b>How: </b>Bottle 750ml, first batch ever. Shared by Rastacouere at brewery 2nd anniversary party<br />
<b>The look: </b>Almost clear blonde body topped by a very small white head<br />
<b>In long: </b>Nose is slightly funky, those Hopfenstark barrels are definitely developing a Jolly Pumpkin-ish funkiness. Unsurprisingly considering the original beer there’s a whole lot of cereals in this baby. But the crispiness and light tartness of the original Blonde is replaced here by a woody honey/caramel mixture. The crisp dry hops presence of the original Blonde have vanished during the barrel maturation. The end-result is an interesting slightly wild woody blonde ale of some kind that is unfortunately inferior to the excellent crisp and refreshing regular Blonde. A very good beer but with the superior and cheaper regular Blonde more easily available I can’t imagine myself buying a bottle of this Oak Aged version. Well, actually I can imagine myself buying a bottle of that. I can also imagine myself banging Paris Hilton. Doesn’t mean it will happen.
MJGG (224), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nov 30, 2008 Bouteille de 750 ml, à la brasserie. Arômes citronnés de levure sauvage, touche boisée. Robe blonde pâle, belle effervescence. Plus mince en bouche que la version classique, les tanins de bois et une touche citronnée accompagnent les céréales. Le houblon est également beaucoup moins présent que dans la version classique. Finale sèche. Une bière extrêmement désaltérante et très facile à boire.
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