Stone Cat Blonde

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

Name: Golden Ale
Brewery: Hook and Ladder Brewing Co.
Date: 04/06/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewfest, Classic City

Appearance: clear light amber, wispy off white head,
Aroma: light sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops,
Flavor: sweet caramel malt flavor, light earthy hops, sweet finish,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *+/4

Slightly hazy yellow with small white head. Aroma is light sweet, lemon, wheat. Taste is medium sweet, fruity (peach and lemon), finishing light herbal. Light body.

Re-rate...Draft at RFD in D.C., March 2006... Clear, yellow ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Fruity, grainy aroma with notes of apple, wheat and lemon. Thin flavor, but well-balanced and refreshing. Fruity and lightly tart. Light-bodied and fizzy. Finishes crisp and dry... Original rating... Draft at Old Dominion Beer Festival 2005... Clear, straw-colored ale with a small, fizzy, white head. Lemon, bread, bubblegum and orange blossom honey in the nose. Nicely hopped. Light-bodied and fizzy. Crisp, medium bittter finish.

12oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head and hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is light malt, hint of hops. Taste is light malt-some sweet, some hops bite. Easy.

Figured I’d try out their golden ale (and the three "blends" while I was at it including the ember and half and half). Pours gold with a white head. Smells nutty and earthy. Tastes of sweet sugary wheat, nutty and on the watery side. Slightly better than the brown.

Bottle from Capone’s. Deep gold pour with 2-finger off-white head. Aroma of Saazy hops, citrus, pale malt, some funky yeasty notes. Tastes pale malty, with citrus, hops, and mild fruity notes.

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.

Bottle 355 ml sold as Hook & Ladder Golden Ale
Appearance: Visibly carbonated golden ale with mid large white top.3+
Nose: Plain grainy nose , slight creamy/butter like with mineral like accents.
Flavor/Palate : Medium light bodied. Flavor follow path of aroma. Light grainy character with hint of butter and mineral hops. Fairly forgettable finish.