Big Island Blond
Excelsior Brewing Co.

Big Island BlondBig Island Blond
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From:
Excelsior Brewing Co.
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Blonde Ale
Ranked #320
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
79
Ranked #26,576
Avg:
3.4 | pDev: 12.35%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
55
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 09, 2023
Added:
Aug 06, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  14
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Ratings by kraticus41:
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Rated by kraticus41 from Minnesota

3/5  rDev -11.8%

Sep 08, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by socon67 from New York

Aug 09, 2023
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

3.52/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottles and on tap at the brewery.
L: Light gold color with fair carbonation, a soapy white head, spotty lacing.
S: Caramel malts, hops, honey, light grains.
T: Lightly sweet malts, hops, a hint of honey, grains. Essentially the same as aroma with sweetness.
F: Lightly bright feel with a medium-length finish.
O: Drink this beer cold! Otherwise it loses its pizzazz and fades. It is good in its style.
Mar 22, 2023
 
Rated: 3.69 by elec from Minnesota

Jul 02, 2021
 
Rated: 3.59 by tristanrussell36 from Illinois

Jun 12, 2020
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Reviewed by deleted_user_1239096

3.87/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a typical ale colour with not much variance. Taste is super sweet (or at least sweeter than I like) for a blonde ale, had a hard time finishing the drink. Sure it was be better in summer.
Oct 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by ryancl from Minnesota

May 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.81 by MrJesseACohn from Minnesota

Mar 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.55 by HopliteMpls612 from Minnesota

Feb 22, 2019
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.53/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
a decent but relatively unremarkable can of beer here, nice in the heavy food, spicy food, or concert or ballgame setting, where its about being cold and bubbly as much as anything else, and this one delivers at least that much. golden in color with a good amount of carbonation fizzing it up, an aroma of very mild noble hops, pale barley malt and a little sweetness with it, and faint honey and straw, simple, summery, a little cheap maybe, but overall appealing enough for a style that doesnt often excite me much more than this. the flavor is about the same, and there is both a bit of sweetness in the middle, and a bit of a hop profile later on, but all really subtle and simple and still grain focused. high refreshment capacity when its ice cold, but it doesnt warm up great, and like a lot of these finishes tasting a little bit like the can when its at temperature. not bad overall, an easy slugger with good carbonation and a light body. these guys are yet to really impress me too much with anything...
Apr 06, 2018
 
Rated: 2.96 by JMN44 from Minnesota

Dec 20, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Brent_B from Iowa

Dec 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.34 by NodakEric from Minnesota

Oct 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.25 by mothman from Minnesota

Sep 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.29 by ElGallo from New Hampshire

Feb 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by einman from Minnesota

Sep 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.28 by inbierveritas from Minnesota

Jun 25, 2016
 
Rated: 2.83 by PMarcy78 from Minnesota

Jun 10, 2016
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Reviewed by KarlHungus from Minnesota

2.5/5  rDev -26.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
(Re-review 4/23/17, original score 3.29)

This beer pours a hazy dark yellow color. The head is a half inch in height, and recedes quickly into nothing. The aroma has some light caramel, and a trace of diacetyl. The taste is much the same. The diacetyl doesn't dominate the beer, but there is so little else going on that it is prominent. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with slightly lower carbonation than I like to see in a Blonde Ale. Overall, this is both a bad example of a Blonde Ale, and a bad beer in general. I will not drink this again.
Feb 13, 2016
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Reviewed by Umdrunner from Wisconsin

3.7/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured hazy straw/orange, minimal white head. Lightly citrus and malty scent that matched flavor. Very clean and crisp, flavors all seem to blend into one.
Dec 24, 2015
Big Island Blond from Excelsior Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 55 ratings