Sunshine and Hoppiness
Drop-In Brewing Company in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
6.76
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American/Belgian Style Golden Ale. All the things people like about beer. German malt, Cascade hops and a special blend of Belgian yeast strains.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Clear golden color white head. Funky peppery aroma. Taste is herbal spice not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jul 2018
at 14:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From my dear brother: pours amberish with a white head. Aroma is somewhat yeasty, bready, and some light fruitiness. Not bad.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2017
at 19:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the Health food Store in Williston. Mostly clear deep golden color with a bubbly white head that quickly dissipates. Initially some apple and skunk on the nose when first opened luckily that dissipated quickly. Spicy clove on the nose with a bit of bready pils underneath and a hint of citrus, The flavor is crackery bready pilsner malt lots of clove and not enough spice in the flavor with bits of citrus and fruit. Decent beer.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2017
at 23:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild phenolic and grassy. Fruity, slight yeasty and mild grassy and slight citrusy. Crisp hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2017
at 11:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thinking this was a regular American golden ale, I poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance was a semi-rust/copper color with a good looking transparency about it. Carbonation rose at a moderate pace. Just a film of sustaining white foamy head. Not much lace.
The aroma had a nice blend between sweet Belgian sugars, lemon pulp sweetness, some coriander to cracked clove, light Belgian spice, sweet leather, some biscuits, dried leaves, a hint of floral and ended with a little bit of hay/freshly cut grass.
The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas together pretty nice - the sweet to the spice to the grassy light cleanliness. Aftertaste was smooth with the Belgian sweetness and spices. The finish was clean with the grassiness, floral and Belgian spices.
The palate was almost medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV strength felt appropriate.
Overall, well, even though I believe I incorrectly used the wrong glass, this still came out on top as a nice Belgian pale blonde ale as that’s what the brewer intended, says right on the can too.
The appearance was a semi-rust/copper color with a good looking transparency about it. Carbonation rose at a moderate pace. Just a film of sustaining white foamy head. Not much lace.
The aroma had a nice blend between sweet Belgian sugars, lemon pulp sweetness, some coriander to cracked clove, light Belgian spice, sweet leather, some biscuits, dried leaves, a hint of floral and ended with a little bit of hay/freshly cut grass.
The flavor blended the previously mentioned aromas together pretty nice - the sweet to the spice to the grassy light cleanliness. Aftertaste was smooth with the Belgian sweetness and spices. The finish was clean with the grassiness, floral and Belgian spices.
The palate was almost medium bodied with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV strength felt appropriate.
Overall, well, even though I believe I incorrectly used the wrong glass, this still came out on top as a nice Belgian pale blonde ale as that’s what the brewer intended, says right on the can too.
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2017
at 21:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at drop in brewing. Pours out a straw color topped with a white head. Nose is grassy hops some cereal sweet and fruit esters. Taste is more of the nice light crisp grassy hops and mellow malt bill.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2016
at 17:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours hazy yellow, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is Citrus, honey, wet grass, pine. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Mar 2016
at 09:16
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at the Tunbridge Fair craft beer tent, pours a neon yellow with some foamy, white head. Nose has lots of candy and over ripe tropical fruit, mild spice. Flavor follows, very sweet, honey and candy, some clove too, perhaps just a little orange. Finishes sweet. Too much.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2015
at 14:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery, 7/6/15
Belgian yeast aroma, banana, and other fruity notes. Clear golden color with a nice white head. Fairly sweet.
Belgian yeast aroma, banana, and other fruity notes. Clear golden color with a nice white head. Fairly sweet.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2015
at 12:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Mild orange appearance. Minor soapy nose. Hay and graham cracker with a touch of orange citrus. Creamy mouthfeel. Banana and grahama cracker. Pretty sweet. Touch of peach
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 21:40