Freebird
Lord Hobo Brewing Company in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.86
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bookman65 (5963) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear, light golden yellow, with mid-sized head. Aroma is grassy, with some bread. Flavor is grassy, bready, with a touch of pepper, some fruit. It's all right.
Kleg (3838) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz. can purchased at Rally in St Pete, FL. Pours a clear gold color with a tight white head and very good retention. Spotty lacing. Bready malt aroma. The taste matches the nose. Thick chewy bready malt flavor throughout. Medium+ body. Soft, semi-creamy mouthfeel. Lightly sweet. Clean finish. Uncomplicated. Well done golden.
superspak (10163) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 6/4/2019. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy pale golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, passion fruit, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and pale malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, passion fruit, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, lime, tangerine, red grapefruit, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, mango, honeydew melon, red apple, passion fruit, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is an awesome hoppy American blonde ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and pale malt flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish. Very flavorful, and not overly aggressive. Awesome Simcoe, Amarillo, German Noble hop showcase. Very vibrant, dank, earthy, fairly juicy hops; some fruit yeast; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressively spot on style example as expected.
CLW (16720) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
5 oz. draft. Flavor shows light grain, white bread, a very mild unidentifiable hop bitterness. Yep, it is a golden ale. Not much to talk about here.
tfontana (7150) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine. Appearance is hazy orange-yellow with light sparkle, 1/2-finger width foamy white head with poor retention and trace lacing. Aroma is grainy malt along with mild fruit and honey. Taste is tart fruit, grainy malt. Mouthfeel is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth, grainy texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, not much for complexity but the tart contribution, almost like a saison, along with the malts brings a bit of interest.
Jow (8011) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Grabbed from Half Barrel. Golden pour large white head. Nose is faint maltiness and candy. Tastes light pepper, yeast, fruit. Mild tasting medium bodied.
BlackHaddock (17179) reviewed Freebird from Lord Hobo Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured my own in the Barrel Republic, Oceanside California on 25th March 2019. Light golden body, clean and bright, wispy white head. Light maltiness in the aroma and fairly sweet taste, hops second fiddle throughout. Good choice for a drinking session, I was on a mission to try a few brews on the day and this although was fine, it wasn't too demanding on my beer tasting senses.