Iron Buddha Blonde
Great Leap Brewing in Beijing, Beijing, China 🇨🇳
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.51
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This blonde ale is infused with Iron Buddha oolong tea from Fujian Province. Floral and clean, Iron Buddha tea adds a flowery note at the end of a pleasantly hopped and flavorful ale. Made with 100% local malts and hops.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Planet Oedipus ’17. Aroma is grainy malt with strong floral and herbal notes, herbal tea, fruits, citrus, lemongrass, big herbal. Flavour is medium bitter. Body is medium. Drinking this I could have sworn it was a Lager. Anyway, I dig me some herbal tea in beer and this one delivers.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - Touch of citrus peel. Clearish gold with a small white head. Orange peel and a touch of peel.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2018
at 08:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Mikkeller Bangkok. Poured a hazy straw colour with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is malt, some Belgian yeast, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry yeast, big woody, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2017
at 05:53
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at Planet Oedipus. Golden colour, white head. A bit of a boring Belgian Blond Ale with some strong lager notes. Didn’t get any of the tea. Light bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2017
at 06:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
7 3 7 3 14 Draft at Planet Oedipus ’17. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of yeast, light fruits, grassy notes, dough and malt. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Aug 2017
at 11:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy tan with a thick head. Nice, floral aroma from the tea, with abundant tropical fruits. Great nose. On the palate, this comes across more as overripe fruit, which is less appealing. Finishes a bit tannic. The overall effect isn’t great, but there is potential and I could see people really liking this.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2011
at 14:01