Long Trail Pollenator

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Very faint hoppy aroma but pleasant. Small bubbly head with a golden, hazy body. Traces of honey are noticed in the taste, and quite a bit in the aftertaste. Light body with average carbonation.

Bottle 355 ml
Aroma: dusty sugar honey feel , fruity follow up with ry hop hints that followed. 6+
Appearance: clear with finest haze golden amber with medium snowy white top. 3+
Body , Flavour , Palate and Final Notes: medium bodied. Sweet sugary front , hint of caramel , brown sugar , honey and dry bitter hops. Fairly crisp clean sample. Not enough honey for honey beer to sweet to be something else....

Got this on tap last night with some fairly high expectations that were not met, it was very mediocre. Came to me in a standard pint glass with almost no head to it at all, what was there was just barely around the edges, not much lacing. It had a nice golden color to it with excellent clarity, it did look like a nice beer. Not much of a smell to it at all. If you tried you could smell the hops, and some slight floral notes, but you really have to look for it. Taste was almost non-existent, very weak. What was there was some slight hop, almost tasted cheap. The mouthfeel was pretty good, seemed a little dry at the end, but was probably above average. Drinkability was pretty good too, fairly refreshing, but due to the taste I didn’t even finish it. I was very surprised because there are quite a few brews from Long Trail that I really like, but I was really dissapointed with this one. I guess I’d try it again, but if it was offered to me, don’t think I’d pay for it again based on this session.

On tap at Cole’s. Easy mouthfeel, ahoneyishyet not too sweet. Not much taste. Not much to look a, like some honey boiled in a glass. minimal hops.

A - Pours a clear golden-copepr color with a finger of frothy white head atop. The head fades down to a thin layer leaving behind some lacing on the glass. S - Aroma is a mix of sweet caramel malts and honey. There is also a bit of citrus hops in the background that come through. T - Starts off with a mix of sweet caramel malts and some honey sweetness. Through the middle, a bit of hops and some deeper malt comes through. The finish is a mix of sweet malt and honey that linger. M - Medium bodied with moderate-low carbonation. Feels fairly smooth, but a touch empty. The finish has some honey sweetness that lingers. D - Very drinkable. Could have used a bit more punch and comes off a bit empty. It does not feel watery or thin though.

(Bottle) I usually like Long Trial’s offerings, but this one left me flat, figuratively and literally. Wondering if I had an old bottle. (All brewers should date them). Traces of lemon in flavor. Not much noteworthy. Come on Long Trail, you’re better than this!

The aroma is honey, wheat, cereal grains, toasted. The appearance is a nice translucent amber, white head. The flavor is just like the aroma, with less honey. The finish is cereal grains, pine and resin hops. Medium in body. OK.

12 oz bottle from Migdon drank at Ryan’s 30th. Clear golden body under a large fluffy white head. Aroma and flavor of grains, cereal and honey. Easy drinking and a good training wheels beer to get people away from BMC.