Latitude 42 Brewing Company Lil' Sunshine

Lil' Sunshine

 

Latitude 42 Brewing Company in Portage, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.26
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 9
The perfect introduction to craft beer, this brilliant Golden colored ale tastes crisp and clean, with a well-balanced malt profile blended with a subtle floral hopping. Premium 2-row and Munich malts with a hint of flaked corn provide the clean malt flavor. Willamette and cascade hops add the perfect balance of subtle spiciness and floral notes.
 

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Can pour to pint glass. Light, pale yellow. Solid mild hops, mild bitter taste. I can’t put my finger on why, but this beer just doesn’t work for me.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2015 at 20:39


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can @ SBWF 2014. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty bitter caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty bitter caramel finish.

Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2014 at 03:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Canned@SBWF2014. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is citrus, some bready malts along with some strange sweetness. Flavour is grassy, floral, mild citrus along with some bready and quite sweetish malts as well. Simplistic.

Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2014 at 04:11


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of light fruits and grass with a bit of sweet grain and a bit of cookie. Flavor is a bit more mild with light grains and a bit of cookie with a hint light fruit and grass.

Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2014 at 18:53


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ Finest Spirits and Beer Convention Bochum 2014: Goldgelbe Farbe, sehr wenig Schaum. Geruch malzig, hopfig, getreidig, mild. Geschmack leicht hopfig, Citrus, getreidig.

Tried on 19 Oct 2014 at 05:47


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Tap @ S&B Bo 14. Mild-weich, nettes golden ale. Malty-fresh, nice. Nachgeschmack mittellang, frisch. aber nicht sonderlich tief...

Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2014 at 10:40


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Can at SBWF2014. Golden color, small white head. Ryeish, papery aroma. Light-bodied. Grainy, grassy, malty aroma. Lager-like. No, there is some hoppyness.

Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2014 at 14:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled at SBWF. Lightly hazy golden, small head. Fruity grassy nose. Mid sweet with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Butter, grass and citrus before a mid bitter finish. Relaxed.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2014 at 14:11


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 3/20/2014. Pours lightly hazy bright gold color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of lemon zest, orange zest, pear, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, light pepper, and herbal earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy/floral hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon zest, orange zest, pear, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, light pepper, and herbal earthiness. Minimal earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/orange zest, pear, cracker, biscuit, light honey, floral, grass, and herbal earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Nice and well balanced pale malt and earthy/floral hop flavors; with good robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Does not feel watery at all. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a good blond ale. Well balanced pale malt and earthy/floral hop flavors with good robustness; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 26 May 2014 at 19:12