Fish Tale Organic Blonde Ale
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub

Fish Tale Organic Blonde AleFish Tale Organic Blonde Ale
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From:
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Blonde Ale
ABV:
4%
Score:
77
Avg:
3.21 | pDev: 11.84%
Reviews:
23
Ratings:
36
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 01, 2019
Added:
Jul 25, 2005
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by beveragecaptain:
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Reviewed by beveragecaptain from New Jersey

3.38/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle. Fish Tale Blonde pours out a hazy orange color with a medium sized white head. The aroma is pepper, tobacco, and peaches. The flavor is spicy up front, with a strong taste of tobacco. I get that same tobacco flavor in Fish Tale's Pale Ale. A tasty fruit flavor comes in at the middle and lasts through to a refreshing finish. Some grassy hop flavor comes in at the finish too. Medium mouthfeel. Carbonation is a little high. A decent, but weird, blonde ale.
Jan 15, 2006
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.25 by Shenk87 from Pennsylvania

Feb 01, 2019
 
Rated: 2.5 by duvel1979 from District of Columbia

Feb 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.4 by MaxOhle from Illinois

Feb 01, 2015
 
Rated: 2.91 by LJWalker from Indiana

Jan 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Metaltildeath from Washington

Sep 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by DOCRW from Kentucky

May 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by bubseymour from Maryland

Dec 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by abeeronthebeach from California

Oct 03, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Smurf2055 from Washington

Aug 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by harpus from Alabama

Jul 22, 2013
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Reviewed by Monkeyknife from Missouri

3.19/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured from the bottle a light golden color with a very thin white head. No lacing left behind.

The aroma was mostly light grains and just a hint of of floral hoppiness.

The taste was fairly bland with just a sweet maltiness presented. Nothing there as far as hops.

Lighter bodied and crisp with a moderate carbonation.

A fairly average American Blonde from Fish Tale. Nothing stood out or delivered anything to make it memorable.
Jan 14, 2013
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Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey

2.76/5  rDev -14%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
4% certified organic.

A: Pale lemony pour, slight cloudiness, with a mixture of micro & macro bubbles. Dirty white head is slight and washy, lackluster providing no window dresing.

S: dried grains, dried lemon bread, very weak aromatically.

T: Lemon straw, citrusy flavor, a bit tart, wheat with some lemony hop flavor but not particularly tasty. Linear experience, no bright spots.

M: Some signs of carbonation crispness, light bready body, tart.

O: Overall an average experience sums this up best lacking any real drinking enjoyment, with a meh sensation all the way through. Your not missing much here and at .99 a bottle thankfully im not missing much either.
Jan 09, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Jan 07, 2013
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Reviewed by barleywinefiend from Washington

2.63/5  rDev -18.1%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A: Poured a golden yellow with low carbonation leaving a small whispy cap that quickly fades into nothing

S: Musty, what else can I say?

T: A little sweet apple cider, honeyish upfront with a somewhat clean but bitter, astringent fiunish

M: Light bodied, sordove boring, flat and not to appealing

O: A pretty poor representation of the style
Sep 02, 2012
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia

2.93/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
12 ounce bottle - $1.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours out a hazy, dirtied (maybe filthy) blonde-hued body with a small, wispy, whitish head.

Smell: Cereal-scented barley with a faint floral undertones and a odd splash of apple juice.

Taste: Golden barley with a small dose of malty sweetness. Sip of mass-made cider. Not picking up any of the added rye grain. Lightly floral hops, very light bitterness. Sweetish, curiously cidery finish. Dull. Cidery.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: This one never aspires to be more than a humdrum blonde ale.
Aug 27, 2012
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Reviewed by Nerudamann from Oregon

3.32/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from a bottle into a stein glass.

Look – light golden color, clear, with light but good carbonation and about half a finger’s worth of foam that dissipates quickly.

Smell – light, grainy, but somewhat earthy smell. It literally smells like something grown from the earth like beans.

Taste – much like the smell, it tastes light with a touch of a cereal grain type of taste, but also with that “home-grown” type of flare as well, which lingers into the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel – pretty well-balanced, but does lean a bit on the watery side.

Overall – a little interesting, but otherwise nothing terribly fancy. Not bad-tasting though.
Jul 31, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by shelby415 from Oregon

Feb 25, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by Sam2000001 from Florida

Nov 22, 2011
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Reviewed by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

3.42/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A - nearly clear golden, short white head quickly dissipated to a random spots
S - strong grainy aroma with leafy and metallic notes and mild fruitiness
T - toasty grainy malt with a bitter leafy hop note, slightly metallic and with a bit of pepper and fruit on the late finish
M - very light with a puckering feel that builds through the finish
O - its has characteristic of a kolsch and/or pilsner, nothing really stands out about it, but it is easy drinking
Oct 22, 2011
Fish Tale Organic Blonde Ale from Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
Beer rating: 77 out of 100 with 36 ratings