Bison Blonde
Buffalo Water Beer Company

 

 

 

 

From BeerAdvocate magazine Issue #77 (June 2013):

LOOK: Deep golden hue, clear, nice lacing

SMELL: Spicy hop, grassy, very clean, bready, faint lemon pith

TASTE: Big crispness, bready, mild malt sweetness, nutty grain, balanced hop bitterness, floral, spicy; semidry, hoppy finish

Very well put together. Reminiscent of a Czech-style lager with all of the Saaz hopping, though the malt backbone is the real show here. Great to see a lager that has some body and sweetness, and at a very drinkable size and strength.

Served in an Ohio State shaker pint glass.

The things you find on the mixed-six rack when you haven't been around for a while... Anyway, this stuff pours a clear brass topped by over a finger of lightly off-white foam. The nose comprises cornmeal (if you wanna be really too specific, it's the cornmeal that surrounds the meat of a Portillo's tamale), light flowers, and a hint of sweet biscuit. The taste brings in more of the same, increases and sweetens the flowers, and adds a gentle caress of sweetgrass. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a fluid feel. Overall, there's just nothing going on here. Nothing. I can't say it's bad, nor can I hate it. No, I nothing it. It's boring almost to its complete detriment.

 

 

 

 

This beer pours a clear yellow with a thin head and no lace. The aroma is lemony with hints of cake and bread. The flavor is lemons with a pilsner note. It's mouthfeel is light. Buffalo Water Bison Blonde is a decent beer, recommended after mowing the lawn.

Poured from bottle. Cloudy golden color. Nice foamy head.Does not taste like a pale lager. Higher bitterness notes and darker color. Doughy aroma of yeast. Citrus and malty tones.A little light for a craft beer. But not bad for a pale lager. Purchased a Ray's Liquor.

 

Reviewed from notes.

Appears straw yellow in color with a slight murkiness from a bit of sediment at the bottom of the bottle which is fine by me. Head is short-lived but three fingers tall while it does exist, leaving some mild lacing behind. Texture is definitely medium thick and deliciously creamy on this one, I'm impressed! Smells rather bready for a pale lager, with an underbelly of spiced hopping. The sip hits you first with a brief spice hop zing that is gone in a flash, overtaken completely by bready and honeyed malt with a relatively abrupt finish. This one stands out in my memory mostly for its thicker than average mouthfeel, so if a somewhat medium-bodied pale lager appeals to you, than this one is probably worth checking out.

 

Served at the Brickhouse BBQ in Madison, poured a lacey head, bright, hoppy taste. A full body and color for a lager. Pleasant bitter finish. One of the best craft lagers.

The lager had a czech yeast flavor, producing a very nice tight champagne style carbonation. The malts were well balanced, and obviously lightly roasted. Hops matched well with the malts.

Appearance: Nice blonde/amber color. Good head out of the bottle.
Smell: Malty, with hints of citrus and grass
Taste: Malty, but with a mildly bitter hoppy finish.
Mouthfeel: Not a typical watery pale lager. Nice richer consistancy. Nice champagne like carbonation.
Overall: Had a bottle at a trade show in Burlington Vermont. They had many beers, and I kept comping back to this one. A ver good brew.

A - Slightly cloudy pale yellow color.

S - Nice mild hop smell.

T - Really good. Slightly bitter at the end. Light, crisp and refreshing.

M - Light, bubbly

D - Great. I could drink the whole 6-pack without blinking.

I had never heard of this beer until i was wandering around my local liquor store, Party Mart in Lake Mills, WI. Decided to give it a shot and I'm glad I did. Really enjoyed this beer.

Pours a light blonde color with a two-finger head into my glass. Good presentation thus far, if not unremarkable.

Aroma is full of light, crisp pilsner malt with just a hint of graininess/sweetness.

Taste is full of sweet, crisp, grainy malt upfront. Certain has a light macro-lager feel to it without the crappiness of that style. Slightly chewy too!

Mouthfeel's full of lingering sweet, chewy malt. Like it should be. Just not that great.

Not bad. Drinkable. For a new brewery, it's a good way to get started. Hopefully, it leads to better things.

12oz brown glass pry-top bottle. No date.

Appearance: A hazy golden yellow with lots of sudsy bone-white head that leaves lots of lacing. Great retention for a lager.

Nose: Spicy, somewhat earthy, a little wild flower honey aroma, some faint skunk-hops. Pleasant. So far, better than I was expecting.

Palate: A lot richer and fatter than I was expecting. The honey notes continue, and that earthiness, stewed oranges maybe? Medium-bodied and creamy carbonation. The finish starts to bring in some creamed corn notes which sort of ruin it for me.

Notes: You know, this is surprisingly good. Not a hoppy lager, not a watery lager, but bigger and bolder. I'm thinking kolsch-style? Worth a try. A nice gateway beer perhaps, but I don't know who owns this company so I'm not willing to call it a "micro" yet.