Blood Orange Blonde Ale
Haymarket Pub & Brewery in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.84
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden orange. Small white head. Light fruity aroma. Slight sweet, subtle bitterness. Light fruity. Medium dry and fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2022
at 22:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 7/1/2019. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; citrus tang/tartness, and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness, and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and fairly sticky/acidic/tangy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited American blonde ale. All great complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish; great soft feel for the style. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy/vibrant oranges and fruity yeast flavors; with a great clean pale/wheat malt backbone, and solid earthy hop presence for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on base style example. Awesome summer beer.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2019
at 21:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Haymarket Chicago. Hazy Orange amber colour lasting white head. Blood orange aroma. Oh wow. That's got more orange than I was expecting. Bit sweet in the middle. Fun beer and too sweet but good fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2018
at 18:57