Dirty Blonde
Atwater Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
5.87
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Inspiration behind artwork: We wanted our new character to be inspired by the original face of the beer, so we kept her dirty blonde hair and wanted to pay tribute to her sassiness by keeping elements of her “D” tattoo by replacing it with a bracelet with a “D” charm. She also has the orange citrus background and blue colors, familiar with Detroit.
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yngwie (24447) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle, 12oz. A hazy, golden beer with a small, off-white head that lasts. It’s peachy, grassy and cellary with a touch of perfume. It’s medium to full-bodied, with a soft carbonation. There’s a light bitterness in the flavor, some sweetness too, with peaches, overripe banana notes, grass and some cellar. Short finish, 150613
Meilby (14856) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 355ml @ Motel room, Crystal Inn, Niagara Falls, ON
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, grass and some fruitiness. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap. Trübes goldgelbes Bier mit einer ordentlichen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch leicht säuerlich fruchtig, gering hopfig. Geschmack schwach fruchtig, leicht trocken, gering hopfig, wässrig.
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
hazy yellow, almost no head. Aroma is very sweet, melons, candy, kiwi and some raisins a little yeasty with wheat and citrus. Nice taste. The wheat body is crisp. lots of orange, some citrus, table sugar sweet finish.
superspak (10160) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled in 9/2014. Pours lightly hazy bright golden color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, orange peel, coriander, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, straw, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt, spice, and earthy hop notes; with decent strength. Taste of lemon, orange peel, coriander, wheat, cracker, bread, herbal, straw, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Slight earthy herbal/spice bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange peel, coriander, wheat, cracker, bread, straw, grass, and herbal/yeast earthiness. Good balance and robustness of pale malt, spice, and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and slightly bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a very solid spiced pale wheat ale style. All around good balance and robustness of pale malt, spice, and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Orange, coriander, and wheat malt aroma. Lightly hazy golden yellow with moderate head. Lightly sweet orange, wheat malt, and mildly spicy coriander/white pepper flavor. Not bad, just very light.
Weihenweizen (7417) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a weizen glass. Pours clear deep gold with small white head. Aroma is grainy, medium body, and little lacing. Taste is grainy malt. Not much going on here.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a clear yellow body with a one finger white foamy head that concaves a bit and softly clings to the edges, nice lookin’ filmy head of a valley appears after a minute. Some carbonation is seen rising.
The smell was a light citrus, lil’ bit of bubblegum but really subdued, light wheat.
The taste took all of the previously mentioned flavors combined nicely, sweet sticky aftertaste and finish.
The palate was light and sessionable. Carbonation seems a bit under-carbonated for the style but actually I think I’m starting to like my APWA’s this way, becomes a bit smooth and creamy.
Overall, actually, I think I like this one, it would be great on a hot summer day, despite the other reviews on this one, I say give it a try. There’s a nice refreshing quality to this beer and probably doesn’t have enough hops for the hopheads to go crazy about, but hey, its an APWA, whaddaya expect.
Beerfest5 (1975) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Not terrible, but very little flavor here. Sort of the equivalent of the pale lager in ale form. Hints of orange zest and lemon, can be a good lawnmower beer I suppose.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Dirty Blonde from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at the Night of Garbage, picked up from Beer Table Pantry Grand Central Terminal, 20/12/13 up a shit load of stairs ! Lightly hazed pale golden with thin white edgeing. Nose is light orange, papery, hay, thin nose all round. Taste comprises faint orange, light sugars, aprioct, grass, grain. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy closure. Dull !