Stone Cat Blonde

Brewed by Mercury Brewing and Distribution
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Ipswich, Massachusetts USA

Pours a translucent gold with a frothy white head. The nose was sweet, corny, some diacetyl, bland. The flavor was crisp and sweet, had a mild hop bite. Easy to drink but not satisfying.

this isn’t the beer i drank will try to sort it out later,hook and ladder golden ale out of rochester NY.pour is yellow with orange hue,with big thick creamy head aromas of floral and hopstaste is of the same but metalic a little bitter and blah

Light apple aroma. Clear golden color with a medium white head. Lightly sweet mild malt flavor that fades in the finish. Light palate

On tap as Hook and Ladder. Standard clear golden color with a short lived white head. The aroma was grassy and sweet. The flavor was ever so lightly citrus washed out by sweet sugars and malt. A mouthfeel that was quite boring. Not bad. Not good. Just there.

Bottle (12oz). Shared by blankboy with me and garthicus. Light gold pour, clear, with a small diminishing white head (3-). Very light aroma of honey and clover, clean, slightly perfumey. tastes like a decently well-made macro golden ale - moderately grainy, a little floral and sweet, a light grassy bitterness in the linger. Watery, ever-so-slightly astringent, very quick-finishin - lawnmower beer.

My bottle (12oz) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus. As ’Hook and Ladder Golden Ale’. Pours a clear pale orange with an average size diminishing white head. Aroma of fruit, honey, pale malt and light hops. Flavour’s a little boring, there’s nothing bad about it, it’s just dull: very light hops and pale malt with a hint of honey. Average bodied. Better then I expected but still just O.K.

Labeled and bottled as Hook and Ladder Golden Ale, purchased at The Fresh Market, Mobile, AL. Pours light yellow-gold with a small, fizzy, white head, mostly diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is average malt (grain, hay), light hops (grass), average yeast (sweat) with notes of pear. Light bodied, lively carbonation, sticky texture, and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness, acidity, and bitterness.

12 oz. bottle at Bottega Toscana in Newburyport, MA on 7/24/2008.

Aroma - Light fruitiness with some distant grainy and floral character

Appearance - Hazy yellow gold with a solid medium white head.

flavor - Somewhat bitter, more so thatn expected, and the faint and ill defined maltiness just didn’t compensate sufficiently.

Plate - Very light, but not watery, clean, and lightly carbonated.

Overall - Inoffensive, but not much character. Clean, refreshing in a way, but nothing stands out.