Welcoming blonde ale proves wholly sessionable as smoothly clean local rice adjunct lightly sweetens soft-toned summertime citric spritz and buttery crystal malting above heavily fizzed carbolic pep. Grassy-hopped yellow grapefruit and navel orange wisps lost beneath surface. Blue collar fodder.
Fair lawnmower fare in purplish golden can spreads mild orange-peeled coriander adjunct across white-peppered Belgian yeast and soft-watered backdrop. Lightly sugared pink grapefruit, lemon pith, yellow apple and white grape illusions add distant flare.
Despite ‘intensely hoppy’ and ‘stoutly refreshing’ descriptives, top-fermented ’50s-era blonde ale (formerly St. Amand) remains approachably easygoing, blending estery French Biere de Garde styling with India Pale Ale fruiting. Honeyed vanilla creaming sweetens herbaceous white-peppered citrus theme. Ripe tangerine, orange and lemon tones meet floral-dusted lychee perfuming and rustic peppercorn seasoning.
Mild lemony hop spicing enhances spritzy carbolic thrust, dirty grain musk and casual herbal nip. Toasted French bread base picks up slick metallic lick.
Eccentric herb-spiced blonde stays approachable. Honeyed green tea sweetness, floral citric respite and soft malt backbone lighten over time. Rose-petaled jasmine, dandelion and lavender undertones add delicate complexity.
Approachable light-bodied blonde relies on mild wheat spelt graining to softly influence honeyed sourdough yeast. Reedy-hopped pumpernickel toasting fortifies ancillary whey, alfalfa and poppy minerality of fresh-watered spritzer.
On tap at NJ Beer Expo ’13, brisk light-bodied springtime release retains zesty orange and lemon peel dusting above mildly creamed crystal malting to cardboard-like wheat spine. Sunny lemon-fizzed softie’s soda vibe will please sweaty Blue Collar beachgoers.
Self-proclaimed ‘easy drinking ale’ is actually a sidewinding sessionable summertime salutation corruptively balancing bitter with the sweet. Stylistically bold raw-honeyed medium body develops weirdly. Glutinous honeyed wheat astringency attacks corn-oiled diacetyl buttering and tempered fungi musk up-front. Soapy midst disturbs ancillary Scotch-rye notch, musty peat blotch and rotted cantaloupe-melon-banana splotch. Soured honey musk retains nasty bitterness, overriding gluey beeswax sweetness. Confusingly inconsistent flavor profile undermines medium-bodied dog.
Subtly rewarding Belgian-styled tripel soft enough to be labeled a blond. Billowy-tongued sourdough malting brings baguette, barley biscuit, French bread and buttered crumpet tones to the fore. Carbolic fizz tickles delicate grassy-hopped citric spicing. Lemon-candied peach wisp embeds honeyed wheat base and sweet corn reminder.
Curious amber-hazed moderate body brings impulsive herbal twist to floral-hopped citric zest and raw-honeyed rye graining. Soft lemony grapefruit bittering and petty orange-oiled snip envelop peppercorn-lemongrass herbage to white-breaded backbone. Minor metallic sheen brings finishing astringency to the ‘Official Beer of the Whaling City’ (bottled by Pawcatuck, Connecticut’s Cottrell Brewery).