2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20Just a plain boring blonde. Honestly I didn’t think it was that great. Sort of a hazy yellow and lacking in any real character.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with light fruity esters. In mouth, nice biscuit malt with light herbal hops, pretty decent. On tap at Seneca Lodge Brewfest, Dec. 3 2011.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Sample at Seneca Lodge Brewfest. 03DE11.
App.: Hazy golden with a small white head.
Aroma: Oddly fruity, acetaldehyde?, floral and perfumed, tropical fruits, a little biscuit, odd.
Palate: Medium body, moderate effervescence.
Flav.: Many of the same tropical fruit salad notes, some grain/cereal, corn adjunct?; off-dry with restrained bitterness and a fruity biscuit finish.
Odd.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap for growler fills at Half Time. Pours a mostly clear gold with a medium sized white head. Grainy, soft and sweet, dusty grain. Sweet and grainy, little sour and bitter. Bitter grains, sweet and grainy. Sweet and weird. Not something I’d want to drink.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at the Crooked Rooster Pub in Watkins Glen. Pours a lightly hazy golden with small bubbly white head. Aroma of light citrus, grains, some grassiness, floral hops. Flavors of the same with some light hop bitterness at the end.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
on draft at Red Dove in Geneva. Light clear yellow pour with thin ring of white head. Aroma is citrusy. Light and clean flavor with a lot more depth than I would have expected from a blonde ale. I’m impressed.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at the Fargo in Aurora. Pours light with white head. Fruitiness is detechted immedately. Kind of sweet in my opinion. Not bad.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Barcade’s Upstate Beer Night: As I state in many of my ratings for this style- a truly misunderstood and underrated style. Pours a slightly hazy light golden with a white ring of head. Lightly sweet pale malt aroma- clean without many esters. Nice and fluffy feel- a touch of pale malt sweetness- crackery grain, fairly clean without much yeast/phenol action. Simple, but no major flaws- easily sessioned.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
draft sample. Pours medium golden color. Fruity sweet aroma. Taste is slightly spiced, berry fruity & sweet. Medium mouthfeel. Easy drinking & not bad at all
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
draft. hazy yellow. light white head. bit of citrus aroma. light sweetness in the taste
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
En fût. Verre de dégustation chez Wildflower Café (Watkins Glen, NY). Arôme: Légère odeur de céréales et de fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est blonde avec une très faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût d’houblons et de fruité. Courte durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement fruité. (Rating #2028)
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