I was surprised to find this was a fairly pale ale--those flavors suggest a porter or maybe a stout and that might have been a better basis for this. Pours a clear, light yellow, with minimal head. Aroma is sort of like cookie dough, sort of like wet cardboard. Flavor has some cookie dough elements, but not enough. Tastes a bit like wet paper. Kind of gross, really.

On Tap at Growler Guys, Meridian Clear light bright yellow. Thin fleeting wispy white head. Aroma is very much sweet vanilla and cookie dough. The flavors also. If they were going for cookie dough...they nailed it. Just not sure I could every drink a 6 pack of it. Light body, no hops and a clean light sweet valinna trailer.

On tap at Whole Foods Fair Lakes pours a clear gold with some cloudy white head. Nose has vanilla and cocoa powder, caramel, cakey. Flavor is sweet with treacle, cakey, vanilla, some chocolate, cream soda. Finishes sweet but not overly so. Interesting.

On tap at bier thirty. Pours out a pale straw color topped with a white head. Nose is totally cookie dough some grassy wheat notes. Taste is more of the cookie dough light wheat and some chocolate.

12 oz bottle poured into a tulip. Clear golden yellow with a little off-white head. Aromas of semisweet chocolate chips, cookie dough, some caramel and vanilla. Tastes of cookie dough, a little chocolate and vanilla, malt. Light body with a dry finish. Like liquid cookie dough pretty much, pretty spot on for what they were going for.

12 ounce bottle into signature globe glass, best before 3/12/2017. Pours crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of vanilla, cream, cookie dough, milk chocolate, cocoa, honey, and cracker; with light caramel, brown sugar, nuttiness, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of cocoa/vanilla/lactose and dark/pale malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of big vanilla, cream, cookie dough, milk chocolate, cocoa, honey, and cracker; with light caramel, brown sugar, nuttiness, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/cocoa bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of vanilla, cream, cookie dough, milk chocolate, cocoa, honey, cracker, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of cocoa/vanilla/lactose and dark/pale malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/grainy, and lightly silky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 6%. Overall this is a very good flavored blonde ale! All around nice robustness and balance of cocoa/vanilla/lactose and dark/pale malt flavors; very smooth and pretty refreshing to drink. This was pulled off really well for a gimmick beer. Tastes very much like cookie dough. Very similar feeling to the coffee blondes that are popular now, but with strong cocoa/vanilla/lactose flavors. A very enjoyable offering.

Tap at Mellow. Pours a clear goldenrod with a small white head that dissipates quickly. Big raw vanilla bean ice cream nose. More vanilla ice cream on the palate. A bit thin, with some nice cookie dough as it warms. Lingering cookies and cream notes. It is what they set out to do.

Clear gold with a white head. Light vanilla aroma. The flavor is a slightly less sweet cream soda. Good gateway for someone who doesn’t like beer and tends towards sweet things.