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Bombshell Blonde
Southern Star Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Star Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
Ranked #128 - ABV:
- 5.25%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,454 - Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 13.55%
- Reviews:
- 222
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2008
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 188
A rich, creamy golden colored ale fermented at a cool temperature to give a clean finish. Hints of yeasty bread and a touch of hops combine to make a beer that is truly more than the sum of its parts.
20 IBU
Malt: Rahr Special Pale, Wyermann Vienna
Hops: Saphir, Sterling
Yeast: California Ale
20 IBU
Malt: Rahr Special Pale, Wyermann Vienna
Hops: Saphir, Sterling
Yeast: California Ale
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Reviewed by CodyBasden from Texas
3.35/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
L: blond and hazy, sudsy head good cap good streams
S: low piney low lemon grass
T: low bitter mid malt slight lemon and pine
F: thin and good carb leaves palette clean
Jan 21, 2024S: low piney low lemon grass
T: low bitter mid malt slight lemon and pine
F: thin and good carb leaves palette clean
Rated by Byron28 from Texas
4.41/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A great golden ale that clings onto taste. Not too bitter, nutty with hints of clove. Not too heavy, which makes it easy to drink.
Nov 30, 2021Rated by acycler01 from Texas
3.7/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
It’s ok!
Jun 24, 2021Rated by minnaow from Texas
4.01/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Solid blonde from my favorite Texas brewery. Can't go wrong with the gang from Conroe.
Apr 02, 2021Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
3.77/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nice slightly hazy straw color with a white head, nice malt aromas per the style are on point, and they translate to the taste, with a nice medium bodied mouthfeel to close things out well. A really nice crusher, IMHO.
Sep 03, 2020Reviewed by gvickery from Texas
3.63/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Look is light to medium gold with a fluffy white head. Smell is light grain, yeasty, bread crust. I’ve had this on several occasions and for some reason I find that it tastes different each time I have it. This is probably my palate and not the beer though. Mostly, I find it slightly malty with some light citrusy hops and a little estery quality from the yeast. I think it’s an excellent example of the kolsch style, though I’m not a big kolsch fan. There’s nothing off-putting or offensive going on and it’s very well made. It’s got much more character than any of the big macro brews for sure. Southern Star makes very good beers and this is no exception.
Oct 03, 2019Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.86/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.86/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a pale hazy orange-yellow color with a one finger head of white foam. The head fades rather fast to leave a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is strongest of a grainy and slightly doughy aroma mixed with some sweeter aromas of citrus and banana. Along with these smells comes a very light candied smell along with some nice coriander, clove, and grass notes.
Taste – The taste begins with a grainy cracker taste that has a lighter level of sweetness of banana and light fruits of peach and apricot. As the taste advances to the middle of the profile, the sweet fades a bit and some coriander and clove flavors come to the tongue. At the end, the sweet resurges with the banana and light fruits coming back, all while some very light grassy and hay tastes come to the tongue as well, to leave one with a crisp and clean blond taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the thinner and crisper side with a carbonation level that is higher. For the mix of light spice, fruit, and grainy body the feel is great and makes for a refreshing but very flavorful brew.
Overall – I rather liked this blond. It was not over the top in sweetness, but yet had a nice balance of grain, sweet, spice and light hop. Overall rather well done.
Aug 14, 2019Appearance – The beer pours a pale hazy orange-yellow color with a one finger head of white foam. The head fades rather fast to leave a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is strongest of a grainy and slightly doughy aroma mixed with some sweeter aromas of citrus and banana. Along with these smells comes a very light candied smell along with some nice coriander, clove, and grass notes.
Taste – The taste begins with a grainy cracker taste that has a lighter level of sweetness of banana and light fruits of peach and apricot. As the taste advances to the middle of the profile, the sweet fades a bit and some coriander and clove flavors come to the tongue. At the end, the sweet resurges with the banana and light fruits coming back, all while some very light grassy and hay tastes come to the tongue as well, to leave one with a crisp and clean blond taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the thinner and crisper side with a carbonation level that is higher. For the mix of light spice, fruit, and grainy body the feel is great and makes for a refreshing but very flavorful brew.
Overall – I rather liked this blond. It was not over the top in sweetness, but yet had a nice balance of grain, sweet, spice and light hop. Overall rather well done.
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