Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Drought. Dark amber with creamy tan head, floral aroma, slightly sweet hoppy taste with hint of cloves, low carbonation, long finish, bitter aftertaste. Very nice with sharp hops aroma.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Drought. Rich yellow with small foamy white head, orange aroma, bitter orange peel taste, low carbonation, long bitter finish with orange peel flavor. Interesting but not great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Stolen from my work fridge: Pours golden with white head. Aroma is piny, a bit of grapefruit, and some ambiguous maltiness. Taste is somewhat hoppy. Not too fruity. Mostly just ambiguously bitter. Easy to drink. Mild aftertaste. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Rcvd in trade.
The appearance had a mostly clear golden orange/yellow colored body. There is some light carbonation that is seen rising at a moderate pace. The head is about a finger’s worth with adequate foamy lacing clinging fairly to the glass.
The aroma has a pretty authentic smelling blood orange with a light hop bitterness to balance it all out.
The taste is bitter and a somewhat citrusy maltiness leading to a sweet citrusy sticky aftertaste and finish.
The palate is mostly light, somewhat watery, perhaps this could be a better Summer/Spring beer. There’s a nice sessionable aspect to it. Carbonation is fairly subdued not much of a hint of harshness to commandeer the mouth or tongue into submission.
Overall, hey, I think I like this one, an APA with a genuine blood orange character to it, I’d have it again and wouldn’t mind having on a nice Summer’s afternoon as there’s also a decent refreshing aspect to it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle, from the Beer Table Pantry Grand Central, as ’Blood Orange Pale’ split with Yespr on the train to Hostelboro, 28/02/14. Clear golden orange with a moderate off white head. Nose is toasty malts, apricot, bitter orange, straw, light hop notes. Taste comprises caramel, biscuit malt, blood orange, vanilla, straw, bread dough, sweet licks. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok for style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
32oz grunt from the brewery. Pours a clear light orange with some lacing, white head. Nose is malt, orange, some cheap perfume, a little cardboard, some honey, grass, perhaps a little cracker. Flavor is fairly similar, some fake corny sweetness, lemon, orange, honey, mild white bread. Watery finish. Could use a little more of something.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Clear and golden orange with a small off white head. Toasted malty and mild herbal. Bitter, mild herbal and toasted malty. Dry and malty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Stags Head. pours hazy amber with piney nose. tastes of pine, grapefruit, earthy bitterness, flowers, and malt. medium bodied straight forward ipa
Jow (8309) reviewed Blonde Ambition from Great South Bay Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Tap at Stags head. Pours dirty blonde with fluffy white head. little nose of spice.tastes of yeast, peppery, vanilla, lemon citrus, and grass. refreshing
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Stags Head. pours orange with thin head. Tons of citrus on the nose. Taste is dominated by blood orange I would argue perhaps too much blood orange. you also get some pine and caramel. medium to light bodied and you get sting of citrus on palate. too close to orange juice for me.