3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Medium golden and moderately active, with a very thin head. Thin and just lightly malted in a koelsch-style, but with little distinctiveness. Still a good well-made micro.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at the brewpub. I actually thought this one was pretty decent. Light hay, crisp lettuce aroma. A bit of green olive when swirled. Very light, clean, drinkable body, with no off notes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gold pour with creamy white head and lace. Sweet malt aroma with a hint of paper. Semi sweet malt flavor with a very light bitter. Thin and slightly over carbonated.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tasters at the Honolulu location. Clear bright straw color with some greenish tones and thin white head. Slightly malty, yeasty aroma from what I can detect in those glasses. Bright citrus flavor with good bitters. No real finish, but a dry almost fluffy mouthfeel.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Sweet orange-lemon barley malt aroma. Light yellow color with small head. Light orange and barley malt flavor with a mild hops finish. A very nice blonde ale - great for a hot day.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Taster - Kona Brewing Co. - Koko Marina Pub - Honolulu, Hawaii
2008 – Great Hawaiian Beer Run
Aroma – A good use of light malts. This had an interesting aroma.
Appearance – Darker yellow in color, nice head and clear.
Flavor – A easy to drink blonde ale this was at least to say a good Blonde ale.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, good texture with a dry finish.
Overall – A very easy to drink ale The ladies will love this beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A fair beer, as its way to light and mild for me, but the average drinker will find it pleasant. malt s and hops well balanced but light.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at brewery: Golden and mostly clear; fading head but lace lingered a little. Lively carbonation; OK body/texture. Sweet grains accented by flowers (made me think of honeysuckle). Light and unexciting but surely drinkable.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft. Amber beer with a whitish head. Light malt aroma. Malt and light grain flavor. Medium bodied. Easy drinking. Malt and light grain lingers with light woodsiness.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at the brewpub. Straw body, light spicy hop nose, small white head. Very light, with some noble hop notes.
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