Stone Cat Blonde

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

Bottle of Hook & Ladder Golden Ale. Pours a hazy straw color with a thing ring of persistent white head. Aroma gives no indication of the burnt toast flavor that pervades this brew. Slightly vegetal as well. Metallic finish. Don’t know if I got a bad bottle or what.

Bottle. Light gold color with big bubbles and a quickly fading foamy head. Aroma of straw and tart appley notes. Grassy/straw mildly sweet malt flavors with some fruity tartness, which unfortunately led to a wet cardboard finish after a bit. All in all, started off OK but went straight downhill. I guess like all basic golden ales (the beer drinking equivelant of watching paint dry), just pound it and don’t fuss over flavors and such.

This beer had a very nice aroma of spice and lemon. The aroma followed in the taste as it was a little bit overpowering although i understand the neccessity to replicate that European Blond ale tast. Not great but at least .01$ went to local burn victims.

Golden-amber with thin head...watery. Floral, metallic, and grain aroma. Lemon, tangy, and mild malt. Bitter, unpleasant finish.

This was purchased as Golden Ale by Hook and Ladder at the local Kroger’s. It poured with thick deep white head. The color was a clear light copper. The ale was thin with some bitterness in the finish. I am unsure if I would seek this ale out.

(Bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Pours clear lightly amber gold with four fingers of off-white head that eventually recede to a frothy cap. Aroma is slightly weak but rather appealing - honey with bread and butter and some light hops (pine). Mouthfeel is fairly smooth but a little thin and loose. Lacing is mostly big foamy patches. Flavor is a little weak but not too bad - sort of honeyish/bready with some caramel. Light-medium bitter with a bit of a bitter bite through finish. A little weak, slightly messy and thin-bodied, fair overall.

Bottle. Called Hook & Ladder Golden Ale. Decent simple beer. Some malty sweetness. Caramel malts. Light amber caramel color. Not Bad

Nice crisp clear amber coloured body with a thick white head. Aroma of fresh malt, strong hops, cardboard, metal and a hint of fresh fruit. Medium-bodied; Strong metallic twang and a bitter malt flavour up front with some hops and a bit of yeast in the finish. Aftertaste shows some body, alcohol and a definite effervescent taste. Overall, not a great beer - worth trying perhaps, but really, many beers are better worth your money! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle (as ’Hook & Ladder Golden Ale) purchased on 03-May-2008 from Chevy Chase Wine & Liquors in Washington D.C., on 20-May-2008.