Portland Ale
Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
- From:
- Cascade Brewing / Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 15.05%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 11, 2021
- Added:
- Aug 24, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
Our Blond Ale is brewed with flavorful German Pilsner malt and Northern Brewer hops resulting in a balanced and approachable craft beer.
19 IBU
19 IBU
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.63/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Had on tap. Murky gold appearance with two fingers of white foam with light spotted lacing. Yeast forward nose with golden malts, flowers, and honey. Taste is much the same, but thins out quickly. Light bodied yeasty feel with a thinning felt too, carb is low for style. Gateway at best
Nov 11, 2021
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.84/5 rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.84/5 rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Straw colored yellow, average head. Aroma, even though they acknowledge there are "lager" hops in this, it still doesn't mean I shouldn't smell some hops. Devoid of hop aroma.
Taste is way underhopped, hops are just the wrong type here. Made for lager drinking non craft people. Lacks bitterness, hops, flavor, even malt kinda.
This beer has no reason to exist other than to give to people who don't like Cascade's barrel program.
Feb 22, 2016Taste is way underhopped, hops are just the wrong type here. Made for lager drinking non craft people. Lacks bitterness, hops, flavor, even malt kinda.
This beer has no reason to exist other than to give to people who don't like Cascade's barrel program.
Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon
3.41/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the Cascade Barrel House. Pours a finger of head on a hazy light straw body.
The aroma is grain.
The taste is grainy with a mild bitterness.
The texture is crisp with a medium body.
It's a nice and easy drinking brew.
Mar 25, 2015The aroma is grain.
The taste is grainy with a mild bitterness.
The texture is crisp with a medium body.
It's a nice and easy drinking brew.
Rated by GRG1313 from California
3.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
A new batch made and on tap at Cascade February 27, 2015 - thus, not retired.
Mar 03, 2015
Reviewed by DefenCorps from Oregon
2.05/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
2.05/5 rDev -35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
On tap at the Raleigh Hills Raccoon Lodge.
A pale golden yellow with a thin, white head with decent retention and lacing, this looks decent. The nose is utterly inoffensive. I don't smell the German pilsner, and I barely smell the noble hops (maybe some lemon?) Faintly grainy, moderately husky and utterly bland. The palate is no better. Opening mildly doughy, mildly grainy, faintly bitter and with a mild flavor of lemon, a little sweet. The finish is insipidly clean, lacking in any real flavor except for some bicarbonate, more than is necessary. What this does is that it wipes out the little flavor that can lift this beer out of mediocrity. Poor.
Jan 20, 2013A pale golden yellow with a thin, white head with decent retention and lacing, this looks decent. The nose is utterly inoffensive. I don't smell the German pilsner, and I barely smell the noble hops (maybe some lemon?) Faintly grainy, moderately husky and utterly bland. The palate is no better. Opening mildly doughy, mildly grainy, faintly bitter and with a mild flavor of lemon, a little sweet. The finish is insipidly clean, lacking in any real flavor except for some bicarbonate, more than is necessary. What this does is that it wipes out the little flavor that can lift this beer out of mediocrity. Poor.
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