Wild Blonde
South Hams Brewery in Kingsbridge, Devon, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.09
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A Golden coloured beer that is seriously refreshing. The light beer is overflowing with fruit in the palette; Styrian and Goldings hops are unmistakeable in its distinctive fruity aroma.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Pharmacie Arms, Syston. Dark, almost brownish gold, takes ages and does not quite settle. Full creamy beige head. Fruity, malty, slightly buttery aroma. Bittersweet taste with big bittering hops shoving aside the fruit and malt flavours. Notes of kumquat, apple. Finish is quite bitter. Medium texture with soft carbonation. Didn't like it much at first but I got used to and even sort of liked it. In a way.
Tried
at
Pharmacie Arms
on 22 May 2025
at 16:11
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle - a Christmas present. Aroma combines bready malts with sweet citrus. Clear copper gold. Thick foamy white head. Malty cardboard and veg with a citrus edge. However there's also a very sugary seam throughout. Light-medium bodied. Thin if slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. The sweet and sour just don't do it for me - just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 19:42
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 5/12/2022. Golden in colour, with a thin, white, head. Sweetish stone fruit, bittering hops, hay, rich tea malts, and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2022
at 20:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from the Shops at Dartington. Appearance - golden with a nicely proportioned head. Nose - creamy and almost lightly cheesey. Some grassiness. Taste - still a touch of cheese plus grassiness again. Palate - creamy and light bodied. Dry but somehow not refreshing. Overall - not sure it's in quite the condition the brewer would've hoped.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2019
at 12:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, faint lemon. Taste is more of the same, plus a soapy note. Thin finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2019
at 12:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask, half-pint on 17th July 2018 in The Lamb, Sandford, Devon. Light golden body, white crown. Citrus notes in the nose, floral touch too in the aroma. Subtle citrus flavour on a bed of pale maltiness, drying finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2018
at 02:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Bull and Blacksmith, Chillington, Devon. Gold with a white head. Floral aroma. Mild citrus in the flavour. A light, refreshing brew, pleasant enough but maybe a little bland by the end.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2017
at 04:00
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fra cask på Richard Hopkins Newton Abbot 28 Apr 17. Gyldengul. Filmskum. Litt lacing. Lett fruktaroma. Smaken blomster & honning. Lett syrlig ettersmak.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2017
at 04:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half pint, cask at Richard Hopkins (JDW). Nitro white head, clingy lacing, near-golden body. Ripe lemony hops on the nose. Mixed taste of grass, grain and lemony hops. Fair bitter endnotes. Quite alright. (Newton Abbot 28.04.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2017
at 02:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home, 25/08/16. Golden orange pour with a light haze and a few floaties being offered, decent off white head, would be a 4 but for the floaty friends. Nose is thinnish, toasted grains, pale malts, straw, lemon rind. Taste comprises orange peel, straw, light bread, toasted malt. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with moderate bitterness. Average golde ... lacks flavour profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2016
at 16:44