Ornery Otter Blonde Ale
Weasel Boy Brewing Company
- From:
- Weasel Boy Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
Ranked #380 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,675 - Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 8.65%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2022
- Added:
- May 25, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Great for sipping along the riverside any time and with just the right balance of malt flavor and hop bitterness it makes for a smooth and refreshing pint.
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Rated by Rubezahl from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Not very complex. Easy to drink
Aug 28, 2018
Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Weasel Boy this past weekend.
Pours a clean light golden color with a good white head and some light lacing down the sides. The nose carries a bit of light sweetness and some bread. Nothing complex, but nicely done. Flavor is lightly sweet and has bready notes and a touch of honey. Light body with good carbonation. An easy sipper on a very hot day.
Aug 09, 2011Pours a clean light golden color with a good white head and some light lacing down the sides. The nose carries a bit of light sweetness and some bread. Nothing complex, but nicely done. Flavor is lightly sweet and has bready notes and a touch of honey. Light body with good carbonation. An easy sipper on a very hot day.
Reviewed by JamesS from Indiana
4.16/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.16/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a rather dark copper color, instead of a light blonde, but it does have some decent head and lacing. Great scent, hints of clover honey and a nice sweet maltiness. Great clean, sweet flavor, a nice light malty beer with hints of butter and enough hops at the end to mellow it out a bit. Good, clean, refreshing; it goes down quite nice.
Jul 09, 2009
Reviewed by BeerBelcher from Ohio
3.47/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I wasn't expecting much from this beer; a lot of brewers have an "approachable" beer meant to placate American light lager drinkers and blonde ale seemed like a proxy for this at Weasel Boy (BTW, in case you hadn't picked this up, for most users of this site, approachable = boring). However, I was pleasantly surprised - this beer had a lot more flavor than I expected and I really enjoyed it.
The body was a hazy light straw color with a small-bubbled head that quickly faded, which didn't do much for my confidence in this beer. But the aroma indicated that my first impression may have been wrong - this beer had a malty, balanced aroma and a very crisp flavor that was reminiscent to me of a dortmunder. A number of Weasel Boy's had this dortmunder character; sometimes it was appropriate for the style, sometimes it wasn't, but it was always tasty. For a blonde ale, I think it's fine (the style seems to be a mile-wide [and an inch deep]). Mouthfeel was quite crisp, again owing to that "dortmunder" character.
It was a really nice beer to drink at the brewery patio overlooking the river on a nice warm, sunny day...which happened to be where I was enjoying it. It's not an RIS, a DIPA, and it's not aged in whiskey or wine barrels, but I still found it to be quite solid and pleasant.
May 25, 2009The body was a hazy light straw color with a small-bubbled head that quickly faded, which didn't do much for my confidence in this beer. But the aroma indicated that my first impression may have been wrong - this beer had a malty, balanced aroma and a very crisp flavor that was reminiscent to me of a dortmunder. A number of Weasel Boy's had this dortmunder character; sometimes it was appropriate for the style, sometimes it wasn't, but it was always tasty. For a blonde ale, I think it's fine (the style seems to be a mile-wide [and an inch deep]). Mouthfeel was quite crisp, again owing to that "dortmunder" character.
It was a really nice beer to drink at the brewery patio overlooking the river on a nice warm, sunny day...which happened to be where I was enjoying it. It's not an RIS, a DIPA, and it's not aged in whiskey or wine barrels, but I still found it to be quite solid and pleasant.
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