Grolsch in a clear, instead of green, bottle? You bet. Golden hue, billowy head, swampy aroma, and creamy malt texture mark unexpectedly light ale. Closer to China’s Tsingtao due to watery rice-like dollop. Overt carbonation ravages fussy spicy citrus finish.
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MIDDLE AGES WHITE KNIGHT LIGHT ALE
THE UNDERGROUND DIRTY BLONDE PREMIUM ALE
CARACOLE ARTISANAL SAXO BLONDE ALE
Billowy white-headed straw-clouded artisan ale with 7.2% alcohol flow preserves wheat-honeyed Scotch malt palate as taut citric hop spritz, peppery clove-coriander-mint adjuncts, and mild banana-vanilla dalliance spice up barleywine torrent. More complex, and therefore better, than most bubbly blondes.
(MCAUSLAN) GRIFFON BLONDE ALE
MILE SQUARE BLONDE ALE
(TROUTBROOK) THOMAS HOOKER BLONDE ALE
PIKE NAUGHTY NELLIE’S ALE
(CARLSBERG) JACOBSEN SAAZ BLONDE
Lightly textured clear amber pale ale overlays curtailed pine needled Saaz hop bittering with suave butternut, banana taffy, clove, and coriander accents for a quick sec. But spice-speckled Belgian-like yeast sweetness loses sumptuousness as cloying corn-sugared whiskey transition cheapens glutinous urban-styled malt liquor finish.
HALE’S DRAWBRIDGE BLONDE ALE
(MUSKETIERS) TROUBADOUR BLONDE ALE
Softly flowing pale-bodied white-headed Belgian blonde with sweet barleywine ascent relegating sour honeyed malts, candi-sugared yeast, and mild floral elegance. Tepid juniper-embittered finish tarnishes peppery hop-fizzed clove-spiced fruity tartness enticing elegant Chardonnay buttering, oaken red wine undertone, and overripe peach niche.
VERVIFONTAINE BLONDE
Voluptuous full-bodied billowy-headed champagne-like blonde in pudgy short-neck 11-ounce bottle leaves spider web-sized Brussels lace along glass sides. As original and inspiring as any hand-crafted bottle conditioned brew could aspire to be, its payoff is its distinctive contrast of orange peel tang and dark grain bitterness against cinnamon-nutmeg-doused malted wheat sweetness. Heavy carbonation never constricts floral essence. Filling, yet delicate on the tongue.