Island Mesa Blonde
Kannah Creek Brewing Company
- From:
- Kannah Creek Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 13.51%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 11, 2018
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
A crisp English Summer Ale with a light hop accent to peak your interest. Brewed for the summers in Colorado where it's hot in the day and cool in the night. Pairs well with a float down the river or an evening by the campfire.
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.5/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I tried this at the brewery. It poured a clear golden with white head that did not leave any lace. The scent had subtle lemon citrus notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with faint grain and lemon presence. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it was an ok beer.
Aug 11, 2018
Reviewed by DrMullet from Florida
3.73/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear straw yellow with a frothy head.
Smell is slightly sweet. Faint grain and citrus.
Taste is grassy and a bit of lemon. Dry and crisp finish.
Apr 16, 2017Smell is slightly sweet. Faint grain and citrus.
Taste is grassy and a bit of lemon. Dry and crisp finish.
Reviewed by hopflyer from Pennsylvania
3.32/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Unknown bottle date
Very light gold color, one finger white head recedes fast
Nose is very muted, maybe a little bit of grass, metallic. Grape.
Taste is a little bit fruity, red grape and a bit of apple. Very slight metallic taste. Slight bitterness. Hints of some spice
Light bodied but not as dry and crisp as label makes it out to be. Carbonation on lower side of medium and not very lively.
An ok beer. Not a style I'm drawn to.
Feb 25, 2017Very light gold color, one finger white head recedes fast
Nose is very muted, maybe a little bit of grass, metallic. Grape.
Taste is a little bit fruity, red grape and a bit of apple. Very slight metallic taste. Slight bitterness. Hints of some spice
Light bodied but not as dry and crisp as label makes it out to be. Carbonation on lower side of medium and not very lively.
An ok beer. Not a style I'm drawn to.
Reviewed by Karibourgeois from Texas
2.73/5 rDev -21.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.73/5 rDev -21.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Clear straw colored pour with a small white head. Light aroma of grain and lemon peel. Taste follows the nose with grain and light lemon flavors upfront. Can also taste a hint of wet bread and biscuit.
Jan 24, 2017
Reviewed by AlCaponeJunior from Texas
4/5 rDev +14.9%
4/5 rDev +14.9%
A damn solid blonde. Ironically, sold to me by a brunette, at black bottle brewery, and I won the raffle for a flourescent lima-bean green t-shirt with the ticket I got for ordering this beer! Sweet deal!
I will give them this: the brewery did a great job choosing a rep to sell their beer, which is good beer, btw, and their rep did a great job of making me happy to have tried their beer. Ultimately I wouldn't be very flattering to the beer if I didn't LIKE the beer, so don't think a pretty face is all that it takes to sway me when it comes to beer.
The beer itself is a fine blonde ale, but might have just a touch of funk in it somewhere (or have I been at funkwerks too long? who cares, it's a damn fine blonde ale!).
Grassy to the point where I think I'm collecting monarch butterflies in a field in New York state. Grainy like you're in a hay-loft when you're an impressionable child and you're at the base of your friend's dad's grain silo. Overall a very enjoyable beer that seemed to induce some scent-induced memories, which is always enjoyable, even if it's at least partially illogical! Viva!
Aug 15, 2014I will give them this: the brewery did a great job choosing a rep to sell their beer, which is good beer, btw, and their rep did a great job of making me happy to have tried their beer. Ultimately I wouldn't be very flattering to the beer if I didn't LIKE the beer, so don't think a pretty face is all that it takes to sway me when it comes to beer.
The beer itself is a fine blonde ale, but might have just a touch of funk in it somewhere (or have I been at funkwerks too long? who cares, it's a damn fine blonde ale!).
Grassy to the point where I think I'm collecting monarch butterflies in a field in New York state. Grainy like you're in a hay-loft when you're an impressionable child and you're at the base of your friend's dad's grain silo. Overall a very enjoyable beer that seemed to induce some scent-induced memories, which is always enjoyable, even if it's at least partially illogical! Viva!
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.25/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
an english style blonde ale? okay, sure. this is a clearish pale straw colored brew with a ton of carbonation rising several inches in the glass and not really relenting much. the nose is english ale yeast and a lot of malt, more than wheat or pale even, almost a toasty copper note to this, similar to some others they make out there. the flavor matches the nose, really intense grain flavors for such a pale beer, and the yeast makes it seem heavier too. not totally sure this would do what i want a summer seasonal to do for me, but i dont at all dislike it. its just sort of average all the way around even though it is a style bender. huge carbonation levels lighten it up a bit, but its just sort of weird conceptually. not my favorite, but i appreciate it for what it is.
May 08, 2014
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