Russian River Brewing Company Defenestration (Belgian-Style Blonde)

Defenestration (Belgian-Style Blonde)

 

Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.28
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 46
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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to Adam, thanks! Pours a clear light gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of grass and hay with a bit of cookie and sweet grains underlying. Flavor has some bitter citrus with earthy grass and a good amount of grass and hay backing.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2016 at 15:42


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, many thanks amazinwrldfood. Hazy yellow color with nice white head. Aroma is fresh spicy yeasts, feels very Belgian, bananas. Taste is fruity and spicy yeasts, some bananas and other estery fruits, quite hoppy as well. Rather high, but fine-bubbled foamy carbonation. A classic take on the Belgian Blond style - high carbonation, estery fruits, and spicy yeasts. Probably comparable to Duvel, just a bit lighter and more easy-going.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2016 at 17:55


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Cloudy yellow, white head. Nice lemongrass citric aroma. Medium light sparkly body. Dry spice, ginger, grass, lychee, very nice. BelgIPA

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2016 at 14:11


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Hazy yellow with little white head. Aroma is green stuff, grapes, some fruits. Taste is grape, citric sourness, with some hoppy bitterness, some juice as well. Full body, pleasant mouthfeel, still easy to drink. Ok.

Tried on 16 Nov 2016 at 14:04


8

Ciut bretow, ziola, jakies jasne owoce,,, w uscie duzo bialego pieprzu... Mega wchodliwe, na wiadra do picia, i fajna etka, mega w stylu

Tried at Chmielarnia Marszałkowska on 29 Oct 2016 at 18:30


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours gold into a tulip. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets to coat surface. Caramel and resin aromas. Sharp with hay and sourdough upfront turning to citrus and resin before the lasting pith finish.

Tried on 30 Sep 2016 at 17:19


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Draft pour pint during my first ever visit to Russian River. Already quite a memorable beer with the setting alone. Hazy golden yellow pour. Has a Belgian yeast and spicy grain aroma that you have to dive into the glass a but to get. A tropical fruity hop profile that leads to a desert dry finish. Full of flavor though. Has a lemon flavor without much tart to pair. Overall a solid Belgian.

Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2016 at 17:47


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa, CA-USA. Semi clear pale yellow color, white foam. Nose: hops, pineapple , a bit tropical fruit. Mouth: pulp, herbs, bitter end and sweet after taste. Complex. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Draft on 03 May 2016 at 20:30


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear gold with a creamy white head. The nose has some simple dry pale bread, grass, biscuit, hay. Light to medium sweet flavor with notes of sourdough bread, mellow bitter grass and hay, citrus peel. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Light grassy bitterness on the finish, hints of chamomile, straw, dry dough. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 03 Feb 2016 at 21:24


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft sample at the brewpub, Santa Rosa. Palate yellow straw coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is semi sweet, Honey, light grains, heather, little plastic. Flavour is composed of semi sweet grains, pils, light honey, floral Nobel hop, heather. Palate is semi sweet, moderate frothy carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 02 Feb 2016 at 21:28