California Blonde Ale
Eel River Brewing Company in Fortuna, California, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.80
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Our lightest beer . A great organic beer. With an exceptionally crisp palate, this ale balances the light malt palate with a subtle bitterness. This ale is an ideal beer for those unaccustomed to micro-brewed beers. Made with pale, wheat, carastan and carapils malts. Hopped with Cascade, Saaz and Tettnang hops. Made with pride and great taste from the worlds first certified organic brewery.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle as " Certified Organic California Blonde Ale", 5.8%. Slightly hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop and grass. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, little floral, little grass, medium sweet, little bitter and a little caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 10:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle @ Real Food Daily, Pasadena. Golden blonde color, slightly hazy. Rocky off white head with good retention. Aroma’s: earthy hops, grainy & sweet malts. Flavor is moderate malty sweet. Light bodied. Flavors retain in the finish, but no new flavors. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 04:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy golden yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing here and there.
The smell had some sweet grainy to grassy malts. I didn’t get much else.
The taste was basically the same as the smell.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat smooth.
Overall, this was a decent blonde ale I think I could do again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy golden yellow color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing here and there.
The smell had some sweet grainy to grassy malts. I didn’t get much else.
The taste was basically the same as the smell.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was somewhat smooth.
Overall, this was a decent blonde ale I think I could do again.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2014
at 23:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Darby’s, Vancouver
Hazy golden color, small head. Light aroma of malt and paper, light cereals. The mouthfeel is very dry, simple flavor, some cereals and paper; ordinary bitterness, with a stale grassy touch. Simple beer, the mass Lager of Ales.
Hazy golden color, small head. Light aroma of malt and paper, light cereals. The mouthfeel is very dry, simple flavor, some cereals and paper; ordinary bitterness, with a stale grassy touch. Simple beer, the mass Lager of Ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2012
at 17:12
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Corn, rice, and grass aroma. Crystal clear amber, medium head poor retention, decent lacing. Quite vegetal, caramel and corn flavor. The caramel notes are the saving grace of this beer. Corn husks finish. Not dissimilar to Cracker Jacks, except there is no prize to be had from this beer.
Tried
on 06 May 2012
at 11:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The bomber pours clear copper with off white head. The aroma is earthy organic a bit moldy malts rimmed with modest levels of grapefruit to lemon like citrus hops. The taste has light notes of nearly acidic citrus grapefruit and lemon with growing malts in the background. It ends with a tepid level of vague hop bitterness.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2010
at 18:38
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle - Pours mostly clear gold with a one finger white head. It smells of biscuit malt and has a light, sweet flavor of bready malt with a touch of hops. It’s an okay beer, but I wouldn’t bother with it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2010
at 17:25