Locavore 2014 - Blonde Ale
Wicklow Wolf in Newtown Mount Kennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland 🇮🇪
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.20
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500mL bottle from Molloy’s. Pours a buttery gold colour with a medium white head, slight bit of lacing on the glass. Hay, straw, grassy notes, traditional blonde ale, some digestives, buttered bread malts in the aroma. Flavour is very well balanced, hop forward, grassy and floral, biscuity sweet malts, again, nice balance in the flavour, refreshing. Finish is clean and crisp, almost lager-ish. Nice example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2015
at 12:25
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [211214]
Amber, slight haze, frothy white head, slight lacing
Aroma of soft sweet caramel, some soft fruits, almost no hops
Taste - soft caramel malts, light honey, some butter biscuit, again little hops in this, not keen on this
Palate - soft carb, medium body, quite sweet. Finish has more soft butter biscuit and cereal
Overall - Hmmm....just soft biscuit buttery malt, didn’t really like this. Maybe this bottle was iffy...
Amber, slight haze, frothy white head, slight lacing
Aroma of soft sweet caramel, some soft fruits, almost no hops
Taste - soft caramel malts, light honey, some butter biscuit, again little hops in this, not keen on this
Palate - soft carb, medium body, quite sweet. Finish has more soft butter biscuit and cereal
Overall - Hmmm....just soft biscuit buttery malt, didn’t really like this. Maybe this bottle was iffy...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2014
at 12:05