Blonde
Boss Brewing in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.74
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Dive into this light, bright and racy blonde and a biscuity malt backbone quickly yields to a hopilicious hit of grapefruit and spicy pine and a wash of pleasant bitterness, flowing in waves from a Hercules of the hop world, Chinook. Don’t be fooled by its lower 4.0% ABV; this punchy blonde throws a hook that’s capable of delivering a blow against stronger beers whilst allowing you to enjoy a longer session. Win win.
Aroma: Pine forest washed with exotic spice, grapefruit peel.
Flavour: Zippy grapefruit, a lush resinous pine punch, a gratifying grip of clean bitterness to finish.
Aroma: Pine forest washed with exotic spice, grapefruit peel.
Flavour: Zippy grapefruit, a lush resinous pine punch, a gratifying grip of clean bitterness to finish.
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4.8/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Old rating - On cask at the Queen's Hotel, Swansea. A fairly average golden ale with hints of citrus.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2025
at 13:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 02 Aug 2023
at 15:52
6/10
Tried
on 02 Aug 2023
at 15:48
27/08/2015. SMALL BAR, 31 King Street, BRISTOL, Bristol, England
Tried
on 04 Mar 2023
at 06:00
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2022
at 00:11
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
At a tasting, small stable foamy head, hazy deepish yellow color, fruity citrus aroma, vegetables flavor with some minerals and a coarse bitterness and a strange light sourness. Not good.
Tried
on 11 Nov 2018
at 14:09
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can. Poured a clear golden coour with a big fizzy white head and a few bubbles. The aroma is grainy malt, cereal, cardboard, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light, slightly watery, malty, piney, light fruit, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium to light bodied with average to lively initial carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2018
at 15:36
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Hazy yellow, white head. Minerals, floral and citric hops, graininess, a bit vegetal.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2018
at 20:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl can from Tesco, Amersham. A pale amber pour with a billowing white head; aroma of grass and straw; grassy bitter taste with a somewhat sugary body; then a herbal finish. Rather flabby tasting overall
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2018
at 22:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml can from Coed Y Dinas, Welshpool. Pours a generally clear gold. Aroma has buttery sweet malts. Taste follows ina similar fashion with pale malt, light sweetness, some lemon nods. Simplistic, a little thin, but ok
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2018
at 22:53