Unique soft-toned blonde ale (with spicy herbal Belgian styled yeast aspirations) leaves lemony perfuming upon palm-oiled mandarin orange and yellow grapefruit spritz, dry pinot grigios esters, buttery Chardonnay wisps, bubbly champagne fizz and white-peppered clove snips. Offbeat Italian ale recalls dry farmhouse saison more than sweet Belgian blonde.
On tap at Plank Pizza, beachy soft-toned easygoing blonde swings mild lemony orange tang and floral-bound grape tannins into black peppered herbal spicing atop buttery biscuit bottom.
Sessionable straw clear blonde ale plies zesty lemon twist to mildly spiced herbage over crisp barley-roasted cracked corn base simplistic dry pilsners sometimes utilize.
Tart raspberry frontage, spritzy lemon spree and wispy floral sweetness drift into phenol hop astringency above wavering white wheat base for simple fruited blonde ale.
On tap at The Taphouse – Wayne, flattish Concord grape musk barely makes spritzy imprint as white wine esters, pickled dill tang and musty yellow grapeskin earthiness waver.
Sweet vanilla creaming lightens alongside powder-sugared Cinnamon Swirl Pound Caking of golden strawed pastry knockoff. Tertiary vanilla cake, bundt cake, amaretti cookie, creme brulee, cinnamon babka and creamed coffee illusions flutter.
Tart raspberry pureeing settles into tropical hibiscus herbage above honeyed wheat base of pink-hued adjunct blonde ale. Salted strawberry rhubarb caking nearly washed-out at dry rosé finish.
On tap at Ambulance, sharp Citra-Mosaic hop blend brings sunshiny West Coast IPA vibe to “hoppy springtime blonde.” Bitter lemony yellow grapefruit rind entry obtains orange pith riff and mild lime zesting plus musky cannabis pungency. Mild oats creaming hikes pale malt sugaring for smoothly bitter tropical fruiting supersizing this haughty blonde.
Lemony strawberry adjunct (with acidulated pale malting) gains mild blood orange tartness for sour blonde ale variant. Lightly salted kaffir-limed raspberry, boysenberry and cranberry souring reclines near strawberry rhubarb finish.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, succinct souped-up blonde ale utilizes treacly maple syruping to sweeten spritzy lemon spicing and mild cinnamon toasted powdered sugaring secured by honeyed wheat base.
On tap at Roots Brewing, tropical paradise is reached by muted tropical fruiting as peachy pineapple and guava salting plus reserved coconut buttering ride atop sugared crystal malting. At times reminiscent of a sweetly soured Margarita, salty citrus-juiced daiquiri, rummy pineapple crush cocktail and peach cobbler pie.
On tap at Paragon, peculiar aluminum-cleared sourdough-fermented blonde ale supplants lemony Cascade-Citra hop zesting with floured sugar powdering and slumbering banana daquiri sweetness as ‘acidic farmhouse funk’ levels off atop glutenous oated wheat crusting. Serve with pizza.
