Strange cabbage-y vegetal waft and off-putting diacetyl souring stifle miserly citric-herbal hop fizz outlasting honeyed wheat declination of cacophonous hazy golden medium body. Pleasingly, syrupy creamed corn sweetness not nearly as cloy or tacky as cognate beechwood-aged Budweiser.
Tag Archives: 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.
CAROLINA BLONDE
Simplistic pilsner-styled blonde ale with pearly head, thinly clouded body, scant sourdough yeast frontage, and slim citrus/ green apple souring lacks prevalent flavor. Second sip reveals wet grass, barnyard, horsehide, and raw wheat infiltration overhauling benign phenol tenacity. In slim black canned version, cloying cheap whiskey malting lowers white breaded appeal. Still, lemony hop-spiced fizz, maize-dried core, and light watery finish bests Coors, Miller, and other macrobrew duds.






