Displaying items by tag: Blonde Ale
Beer Pick of the Week
Grandview
Pizza Port
San Diego
Style: Blonde Ale
Alcohol: 5.2%
Serving Style: Cans and kegs (our sample from draft)
Availability: Good distribution in California, limited beyond
Beer Pick of the Week
California Line
Dust Bowl Brewery
Turlock, CA
Style: Vanilla Blonde Ale
Alcohol: 4.5%
IBUs: 10
Serving Style: 12-ounce bottles and kegs
Availability: Year-round in Central and Northern California
July 24, 2015 Beer Pick of the Week
Summer Love
Victory Brewing Co.
Downington, PA
Style: American Blond Ale
Alcohol: 5.2%
IBUs: unknown
Serving Style: Bottles, cans and kegs (our sample from draft)
Availability: Pennsylvania brewery gets some national distribution. We found it on draft on the West Coast.
Appearance: “Clear and bright yellow color. Good white head that does fade.”
Aroma: “Some hoppiness and floral notes. A bit of malt appears eventually.”
Taste: “At first this might seem like a simple beer in a lighter style, but if you’re paying attention you can tell the taste gives you some subtle citrus followed by malt and some real hoppiness on the finish.”
Food Affinity: “I bet it would go well with foods from Philadelphia, but the only ones I can think of are scrapple, which is kind of a breakfast food, and cheese steaks. While I think it would be fine with these, I’ll say it would also go with many California dishes. How about fish tacos? Chicken and avocado salad? Grilled swordfish that has been marinated in Tequila, lime and garlic?”
--Reviewer Marion Cespak is a softwear engineer in Santa Cruz, California
June 26, 2015 Beer Pick of the Week
Naughty Nellie
The Pike Brewing Company
Seattle, Washington
Style: Blond, session-ale
Alcohol: 5.5%
IBUs: 24
Serving Style: 12 and 22-ounce bottles and kegs (our sample from draft)
Availability: Widely distributed in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
Appearance: “Dark golden color tending toward copper or amber hue. Fluffy white head that dissipates fairly quickly.”
Aroma: “Mildly hoppy with maybe just a bit of pear and lemon zest.”
Taste: “Opens with inviting malt notes, followed closely by a full mouth of carbonation and hops (Centennial and Cascade). Finishes cleanly and crisply. A lighter summertime brew, but not insufficient at all. Just the right amount of hops elevates this ‘sessionable’ beer.”
Food Affinity: “Clean and crisp, Naughty Nellie would be a good companion with many foods. We'd suggest enjoying it with a Crab Louis.”
Reviewer Dan Clarke enjoyed this beer while checking out Washington Wine Country.