Blonde
(Batch of Pure Blonde)
Joule's Brewery in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.16
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In our blonde beer we have created a beer that is designed to be uncompromising. We use mostly lager malt and a Czech hop variety Saaz. Saaz is the worlds most expensive hop, it is tricky to grow, has low yields and is low in alpha acid [the bitterness we get from hops]. It is an old variety...so why use it? Saaz is an aroma hop - it has a lot of delicate light hop oils which produce the hoppy, citrus nose, some even note pineapple. So very much a hop aroma but with a light delicate fruity overtone and the lager malt allows this hop character through to the fore. Our Blonde also greatly benefits from being brewed with pure soft mineral water - the fresh and clean upfront character of our Pale Ale is evident in our Blonde and the result of our pure water source.
Blonde is best served slightly colder than our other ales and is a continentally inspired blonde beer, light delicate, hoppy, subtle, and at 3.8% still very satisfying.
Blonde is best served slightly colder than our other ales and is a continentally inspired blonde beer, light delicate, hoppy, subtle, and at 3.8% still very satisfying.
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6/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2023
at 13:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Leopard, Nantwich (not yet listed in RateBeer). Pours a chrome yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma is grassy with traces of chestnuts and corn. In the mouth the texture is watery, with sweetmalt being the major flavour. There is also some hoppiness, plus butterscotch and scone dough undertones. There is slight bitterness in the finish. A generic style of beer, but quite well done.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2020
at 00:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
27/11/2019. Cask at the Glebe, Stoke-on-Trent. Pours clear dark gold with a small off-white head. Aroma of grass, hops, citrus and straw. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, slight watery texture, average carbonation. Lacked depth but ok for what it is.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2019
at 16:51
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
On cask at Duke of York, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of diacetyl and bready malt. Flavour is similar, with lots of diacetyl, bready malt and subdued English floral hops. Too buttery. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jun 2018
at 17:46
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 06:20
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Small head with short duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are little butter, fruits, malt, grass and hops. Light bitter and sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 06:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Charlotte, 8 Oxford Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England LE1 5XZ. [ As Joules Blonde ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity, sweet malt, citrus hops, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160222]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2016
at 06:39
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Clear golden with a thin head. Light hoppy ale with a few malts evident in its nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2016
at 04:57
6/10
Tried
on 30 Jan 2016
at 11:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On cask at Kidsgrove Athletic Football Club - Straw coloured body, lacing white head. Nose is quite floral and herbal, citrus is still there, as is a bit of grassiness. Taste is crisp and clean, a bit of citrus again, and a flowery bitter finish. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2015
at 16:11