Ex-Wife Bitter Blonde Ale

22oz bottle–pours a retaining white head and hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is sweet light malt, spice hops. Taste is sweet light malt, spice hops. Easy. OK carbonation.

Draught, Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME
Dull golden colour. Thin head. The aroma is somewhat husky, fresh grain. Soft and slightly tart body. Slightly husky on the palate as well. Finishes a bit doughy and rustic, with a hint of diacetyl.

2005 bottle shared with Muzzlehatch on 5/22/2005. Smells of large amounts of ale yeast, sourish mostly, with some caramel, nectarines and low, but noticeable hops grassiness. Some honey nots. Receding to cover is a white head on a light copper-gold body, bottle conditioned and quite hazy. Flavor is lightly cidery, which seems to be the house character (flaw) for this brewery. Other than that there is lots of yeast giving it quite a sour twang on the end. Honey, pale malts, well-extracted. No bitterness. Finishes lightly rusty/grassy. Low carbonation, easygoing mouthfeel, medium body. I enjoyed. Score would be much higher was it not for the cidery flavor that seems to be a bit too pervasive.