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SKA True Blonde Ale

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RATINGS: 213   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.76   IBU: 39   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.3%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
A crisp Blonde Ale. Golden in color, medium in body—she’s brewed with the help and the honey of Durango ’s Honeyville bees.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Hophead22 (2150) - Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA - JAN 28, 2012
12oz can thanks to Molly. Rating #213. Clear medium yellow pour with a nice white head. Clean, bready aroma, nice. Decent flavor, kind of an earthiness to it, subtle hop character and a touch of sweetness. (2139)

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 11/20
BarossaLuke (416) - AUSTRALIA - JAN 24, 2012
Very pale and clear in colour. Aroma has light malt and not a lot of hop character. A very clean and crisp mouthfeel with a slight hint of honey flavour. A refreshing summer ale.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
dumontn (411) - CHICAGO, Illinois, USA - JAN 18, 2012
Pours brilliant gold with some haze, little head, poor retention. Aroma is cheerios, caramel, and honey. Taste is honey and malt, very refreshing. Body is medium, below average carbonation, crisp clean finish. Overall, I don’t know why this beer has such low ratings, it’s a damn near perfect session beer.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
wlajwl (1452) - Iowa, USA - DEC 14, 2011
Very grainy and beery in aroma. The flavor is similar to the aroma with a slight metallic edge to it. Not bad really, might have rated it a bit higher but for the metallic edge to the flavor.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Errl (70) - Plano, Texas, USA - DEC 10, 2011
Purchased at brewery- Poured into a shaker glass..The pour is a golden, with a white head..The Taste is light with hints of Lemon and maybe a little honey..The Palate is light and not much lingering notes..Overall its a decent Blonde and its pretty drinkable..I’m just not much of a blonde Fan.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
RobertDale (819) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - NOV 4, 2011
Sample at KC Beerfest 10-22. Comes light gold with a nice white head. Mild aroma of malt and grain. Taste is malt, grain, citrus and some florals. On the sweet side. Pretty good.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
SSSteve (2916) - Atlanta, Georgia, USA - NOV 2, 2011
can. hazy gold with medium, foamy white head. nose has slight tartness to it and a little lime. the flavor is lemon/lime and lightly tart. i taste of little of the honey sweetness too. light to medium bodied. comes out good from the can. a bold blonde indeed. dry with a quick finish. i like this one.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
jmohno (283) - Iowa, USA - OCT 6, 2011
UPDATED: OCT 8, 2011 Poured a light gold with a one finger head diminishing to a small layer of foam.Nice amount of lacing.Bready aroma and lager like some floral+ yeast?.Smooth soft fresh almost buttery taste with a very light sweetness with mild soft yeast and a crisp crunchy lightly lemony finish with some light carmel/butterscotch.Medium bodied.Obvious mild hop flavor,floral and herbal.Soft mild bittering. Off yeastish taste/metallic/mineral? Yeah its a blonde its not hoppy or malty or extreme,it is a blonde ale and its a pretty good one for its style. Just because its lighter or milder doesnt mean it deserves low ratings, it seems lower alcohol= lower ratings.Higher abv= higher ratings.


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