3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Victory’s brewpub. Pours yellowy orange with a bright white ring. Nose is sweet and crisp. Taste is sweet, bitter, and overall alright.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On draft at Brewpub. Pours gold yellow. Aroma is light. taste is smooth with bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap @ brewpub. Pour is golden transparent. Bitter hop citrus and pine. Decent brew
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewpub. Clear yellow with a small white head. Light citrus and floral nose, mildly biscuity. Fairly light bodied. Light spiciness, floral and biscuit flavors. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bach party. draft. This style is almost never good, this is probably the best blonde ale I’ve ever had. Victory for your taste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
These guys stay true to their roots. Another example of a style done well. Nice simple aroma. Lite taste. A bit thin but nicely dry on the finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft at the brewpub. Clear gold with a small but lasting head. There wasn’t a whole lot of aroma coming off this one. The taste was cracker, herbal and slightly spicy hops, and biscuit all backed up by a firm but not over the top bitterness. Very crisp and clean. I only ordered this because I was driving and it had a low alcohol content, meanwhile my friends gorged on Storm King and Hop Wallop from a cask. Not a very exciting beer but probably the best I’ve ever had in this otherwise ho-hum style.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This offering of the style had to be the best I’ve tasted! It poured a bright and light golden color with a crystal-white head. This beer left a sticky and lasting lacing around the glass all the down to the very end. The aroma was very apparant and crisp, with an eye-opening hoppy and citrus clock-in-the-face. It was also very well-rounded with a balanced touch of bready and yeasty tones. The flavors were quite crisp and refreshing, with clear notes of citrus, grapefruit, bread and yeast. The finish was very clean and again refreshing, with tones of hoppiness, malt, earth and bread. This offering is definitely the best of the better that I’ve sampled in the last year or so. I don’t think anybody has done a golden or blond ale better than this for long, long time.
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