Dirty Blonde
Atwater Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
5.87
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Brewed to be a bright straw color, lightly sweet, with wheat added to create a crispness at the back of the palate. Crushed Orange Peel & Coriander are subtly added to the final stage of the hot side, which lend to the clean head aroma.
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.
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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5.5/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle. Pours a orange/yellow color with a medium sized white head that dissipates pretty quickly. Aroma is wheat, with touches of citrus. Flavor is citrus, with wheat. Relatively clean on the palate, but something felt lacking in the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2009
at 02:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled on draft at Rivertowne this beer poured a hazy yellow-gold with a medium sized white head. The aroma was sweet and had a moderate citrusy fruitiness. The flavor was a bit tart, tangy and musty with a moderate citrus element. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2009
at 18:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle–pours a disappearing white head and hazy straw yellow color. Aroma is musty grain/bread, yeast, fruit-apricot, lemon, peach. Taste is tart fruit-apricot/lemon/peach, musty grain/bread/light malt, yeast-touch of coriander. Easy drinking. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2009
at 10:22
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draught and bottled samples at Sunset Grill, Summer 2008.
It’s stuff like this that gives blonde ales a bad name. Dirty, not in the sense that the brewers were looking for, but in the sense of unclean, with glaring brewing flaws (diacetyl, metal, a dirty yeast blandness...) and almost no malt character. Tastes like you’re chewing on a handful of dirt and wheat. Some light citrus seems out of place on the end and the beer just tastes stale, cardboard-like and nothing remotely refreshing-like. Extremely poor aroma strength, maybe a touch of vanillin and old, crusty bread. Watery mouthfeel, though somewhat ameliorated by the wheat in the grist. Horribly boring yeast lacking any character.
It’s stuff like this that gives blonde ales a bad name. Dirty, not in the sense that the brewers were looking for, but in the sense of unclean, with glaring brewing flaws (diacetyl, metal, a dirty yeast blandness...) and almost no malt character. Tastes like you’re chewing on a handful of dirt and wheat. Some light citrus seems out of place on the end and the beer just tastes stale, cardboard-like and nothing remotely refreshing-like. Extremely poor aroma strength, maybe a touch of vanillin and old, crusty bread. Watery mouthfeel, though somewhat ameliorated by the wheat in the grist. Horribly boring yeast lacking any character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2009
at 13:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Don’t ya just love this connotation; dirty blonde? Very nice label, painting of the backside of a girl with long hair, dirty blonde of course. Aroma of wet hay and freshly cooled slag with perhaps a background hint of banana. Beautiful swirling unfiltered pour from gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Pale yellow and hazy. Taste is light and airy, much les bitter than other beers I’ve had in this style. It almost comes across without any ale biting attributes, like a refined lager. Very good tingly carbonation. Flavors of wet hay and grassy water. Finish is also a little watery but that does not subtract from the fun and ease of drinking. Good session brew. I’de like another.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2008
at 11:33