Bright Sea Blonde
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales in Capitola, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular|
Score
7.79
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Originally brewed at Seabright Brewery in the very early days of our inception, Bright Sea Blonde is a barrel-aged, Belgian-style Blonde Ale with lemon zest and grains of paradise. Fermented initially in stainless steel with a yeast strain known for clean features and mellow phenolics, months of barrel aging with our house culture develops Bright Sea Blonde into a crisp ale containing ripe notes of funk, bright citrus, and late-season melon. We encourage you to share Bright Sea Blonde with close friends and friends you’d like to bring closer.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Sweet & Sour 2016.
Appearance: Hazy yellow colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Citrus, tropical fruit, tart, grapes, sour.
Body: Light to medium body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Tropical fruit, citrus, vinous, tart.
Where: Sweet & Sour 2016.
Appearance: Hazy yellow colour with a small white head.
Aroma: Citrus, tropical fruit, tart, grapes, sour.
Body: Light to medium body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Tropical fruit, citrus, vinous, tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2016
at 08:36
8/10
Lovely sour and salty refreshing sour! Lemon and tropical fruits galore.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2016
at 16:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle courtesy of Milsem. Pours hazy deep yellow with a small frothy white head that doesn’t leave much trace on the glass while dissiapting. Smell is tiny fruity and funky with crackers, lemon juice, pineapple, hay, minerals, barnyard and lemon zest. Taste is sour, salty, fruity and funky. Mouthfeel is dry, tart and light to medium bodied. Finish is sour with crackers, lemon juice, yellow tropical fruits, hay, minerals, barnyard and lemon zest. Lovely sour and salty refreshing sour! Lemon and tropical fruits galore.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2016
at 09:20
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle drunk 6/10/16.
Gently hazy, blonde-copper body is topped by a small, but very dense, white head showing moderate retention.
Almost gose-like in the nose, between the spices (which are moderately done), the natural salinity inherent in SA’s beers and of course, the lactic acid. Some cream-of-wheat-like character lies behind it, with more minerality and gentle citrus-like acidity on the finish. Wine character is low, which is like, and the wood is soft and gentle here. No big buttery oak notes and no alcohol.
Incredibly soft, nearly chewy texture thanks to, assumedly, wheat and barrel tannin. The spices and sour acids keep things dry and add crispness through the middle and on the finish. Sante’s house yeast has a wonderful almost chalky minerality to it, with light salt accents as well. Things seem a bit more sour/tart than Hill Farmsteads, which I’m not as crazy about, but the classy house character is charming, nonetheless.
Gently hazy, blonde-copper body is topped by a small, but very dense, white head showing moderate retention.
Almost gose-like in the nose, between the spices (which are moderately done), the natural salinity inherent in SA’s beers and of course, the lactic acid. Some cream-of-wheat-like character lies behind it, with more minerality and gentle citrus-like acidity on the finish. Wine character is low, which is like, and the wood is soft and gentle here. No big buttery oak notes and no alcohol.
Incredibly soft, nearly chewy texture thanks to, assumedly, wheat and barrel tannin. The spices and sour acids keep things dry and add crispness through the middle and on the finish. Sante’s house yeast has a wonderful almost chalky minerality to it, with light salt accents as well. Things seem a bit more sour/tart than Hill Farmsteads, which I’m not as crazy about, but the classy house character is charming, nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2016
at 15:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle share. Hazy yellow-gold color with a bit of white head. Complex aroma is fruity, light spice, and barrel notes. Taste is fruity sweetness, tart, and a nice compliment from the barrel treatment. A nice funky tart vibe. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2016
at 22:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle pours out a straw color topped with a small head. Nose is nice big barrel wine some stone fruit notes and a nice light sweetness. Taste is more of the barrel some tartness stone fruit a little wine touch. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 16:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours a hazy gold with a ring of white head. Nose has lemon, Vitamin C, straw, some fruit, passion fruit. Flavor has lemon and straw, malt, some butter, white grape, passion fruit. Solid, tart but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2015
at 10:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the DC Expanded Sour Tasting. Light tart notes, some light grain, some touch of sweetness, sweet tarts on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2015
at 01:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the DC Expanded Sour Tasting. Hazy yellow with off-white head. Aromas of funk, floral notes, citrus. Tastes of lemons, funk, floral notes, tart acidic notes. Medium-light body with off-white head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2015
at 23:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 75 cl bottle shared at Travlr’s sour beer tasting. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Funky lemon nose. Smooth, clean finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2015
at 15:22