Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company Baboquivari Blonde

Baboquivari Blonde

 

Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Gilbert, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular
Score
7.19
ABV: 6.7% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Belgian Blonde Ales don’t have a terribly long and illustrious history as some of its counterparts from Belgium. However, Jonathan sipped one of his favorite sips of beer in his palate’s history when having Saxo, a beer from Brassiere Caracole in the province of Namur. This beer had a unique and sophisticated approach, with elegance that wouldn’t allow a bad plate of food near it. This was the impetus for this "BABO" Blonde. A soft sweetness from contiental pilsener malt and a slight touch of honey malt. Styrian Golding and Tettnanger hops set a firm, herbal hop balance. Finally our friends from McClendon Farms in Scottsdale provided 22lbs of some of the finest honey you’ll ever taste.
 

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8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Growler pours with a clear copper to gold body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma erupts with old old school hoppiness that sends up plumes of lime, earthy shrubs, herbally notes, earthy dankness and floral that just pulse there all on their own. Well off in the background are thin murmurs of estery apples covered in honey. At the edges are smooth Belgian Saison like spices. I love this mix of aromatics. Hello! The taste begins nice and smooth with some sweet maltiness and gently yeasty spices. It then rushes headlong into firm hoppy notes malt sweetened earthy lime, herbal notes, tangelo citrusy hops, earthy hop dankness and then a pleasing mix of sweet honey and earthy tea to bitter floral hoppiness. This is working just right with freshness, boldness, snappiness and flavor harmony. Wow. I love this. I hope there’s some of this tapped this summer as it feels like a terrific hot weather brew. Holy Hell!
Baby Jesus!
Tried from Growler on 05 Feb 2014 at 20:42