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Bikini Blonde Lager
Maui Brewing Co.
- From:
- Maui Brewing Co.
- Hawaii, United States
- Style:
- Helles
Ranked #258 - ABV:
- 5.1%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #25,077 - Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 12.47%
- Reviews:
- 210
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 07, 2008
- Wants:
- 24
- Gots:
- 132
A clean, crisp & refreshing Helles, perfect any time.
18 IBU
18 IBU
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Reviewed by MeanMotaScootah from California
3.77/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I am not super well versed with this style so reader be aware. Aroma is very biscuity, lots of sweet malt notes. Flavor is very crisp and light and slightly creamy. More bittering hops than I expected but nothing near a pilsner or pale ale. Overall this is a great tasting beer. Very light and easy drinking. I'd have this again for sure in the summer.
Feb 03, 2024Rated by gefinley from California
3.71/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can marked packaged on 4/12/23 12:28 4002A Boulder
Aug 06, 2023Reviewed by Spikester from Oregon
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Clear gold with three fingers of white head. Splotches of lace appear as the levels drop.
Smell is cracker malt with faint herbal hops.
Taste is cracker malt with herbal noble hops.
Mouthfeel is light and well carbonated. The finish is lightly dry and slightly bitter.
Qverall a nice lager. Shows 4.8% abv. on the label.
Date 02/09/23. #1883.
Jul 19, 2023Smell is cracker malt with faint herbal hops.
Taste is cracker malt with herbal noble hops.
Mouthfeel is light and well carbonated. The finish is lightly dry and slightly bitter.
Qverall a nice lager. Shows 4.8% abv. on the label.
Date 02/09/23. #1883.
Rated by littledogbigtrouble
3.4/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Nothing special, but tastes really good on a hot summer day with pizza.
Jun 05, 2023Reviewed by Emichaelbray from Pennsylvania
2.51/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.51/5 rDev -30.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
This was a real disappointment. It was part of a mix 12 pack that I got for such a great price, I was really only interested in two of the four. Still, I hoped the lager in the pack would at least be drinkable. I'd written off the IPA as either giving it away or pouring it out but, man, the IPA was less nasty bitter than the lager!
Look started off fine. My 3.5 might be a bit high because there was nothing especially impressive about it. Just a golden lager with a lot of foam.
I started realizing that something might have gone wrong with the nose. It wasn't necessarily bad, mind you, but beneath the expected cracker malt and autumn fruit scents, there was definitely a strident hop presence. Not what I'm looking for in a lager.
And the taste made it clear. I don't think this is correctly called a lager. More kolsch than pilsner, I'd say. Borders on IPL. It's so bitter that the malts are buried under the hops. It's distractingly bitter. I really dislike this taste.
The lager crispness is there but the finish is, again, way too hop filled. Not even refreshing. It leaves a dryness that I deliberately avoid by not drinking IPAs. So why is my lager drying out my mouth more than the same brewery's IPA?!
I don't like this. I didn't think I would feel strongly enough about the beer to even write a review. But, I was disappointed enough to want to warn others. If you like your lagers to border on the IPL, this might be for you. If you're looking for the Czech style, malt forward pilsner or, more appropriately, an Octoberfest style lager, avoid this bitter dryness.
May 06, 2023Look started off fine. My 3.5 might be a bit high because there was nothing especially impressive about it. Just a golden lager with a lot of foam.
I started realizing that something might have gone wrong with the nose. It wasn't necessarily bad, mind you, but beneath the expected cracker malt and autumn fruit scents, there was definitely a strident hop presence. Not what I'm looking for in a lager.
And the taste made it clear. I don't think this is correctly called a lager. More kolsch than pilsner, I'd say. Borders on IPL. It's so bitter that the malts are buried under the hops. It's distractingly bitter. I really dislike this taste.
The lager crispness is there but the finish is, again, way too hop filled. Not even refreshing. It leaves a dryness that I deliberately avoid by not drinking IPAs. So why is my lager drying out my mouth more than the same brewery's IPA?!
I don't like this. I didn't think I would feel strongly enough about the beer to even write a review. But, I was disappointed enough to want to warn others. If you like your lagers to border on the IPL, this might be for you. If you're looking for the Czech style, malt forward pilsner or, more appropriately, an Octoberfest style lager, avoid this bitter dryness.
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.86/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
12oz can into a pint glass. Canned 8/6/22, so 8 months old.
Nice looking beer, glassy yellow body. Light aroma, but good taste, clean, light, quite sweet.
Apr 19, 2023Nice looking beer, glassy yellow body. Light aroma, but good taste, clean, light, quite sweet.
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.02/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
March 2012: 355 ml can, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.1%. Golden colour, slightly hazy, large and lasting white head. Fairly strong aroma of grassy hops, some grain too. The flavour is "clean" and has a decent presence of pilsener malts and a hint of citrus, but the hops are too moderate.
Mar 16, 2023Rated by Redhawk from Indiana
3.28/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours clear with pale color, good head and good taste. Smells of bread and maybe some citrus.
Feb 12, 2023
Bikini Blonde Lager from Maui Brewing Co.
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82 out of
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671 ratings
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