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Pours a deep, unfiltered, cloudy golden yellow with a small white head and plenty of little floaty bits. Smells bright and sweet, limey, floral and hoppy. Flavors follow quite nicely; a sunny citrus with plenty of hops which aren't overpowering. Overall, this would be an ideal ale for a hot afternoon.

Hazy gold with soda like carbonation and 2 fingers of soft yellow head.

Smells like perfume with a hint of poplar sap. Sweet, exotic tropical fruits, an yellow gummy candy.

Tastes follows the nose but is even more intense. A solid hit of sweetness, then an acrid dull bitterness on the end.

Medium, lightly sticky body, low carbonation.

Its listed as retired so perhaps the hops have fallen off. I got this at Beer Lab in Chiang Mai a couple weeks ago, and drank it July 27th, 2016. Its very interesting. Not getting the Kaffir lime leaves which I am very used to in Thai cooking, so perhaps these are muted as well. Still its enjoyable, unique and aromatic in its own non-Kaffir lime leaf way.

 

 

 

 

What a refreshing beer! Golden body and a nice whitey foam.
Smell and taste are filled with notes of hops, spices and lime (extremely highlighted). Somewhat fruity and yeasty too; citrus and orange peel notes are easy to find.
Body, carbonation and bitterness are well balanced, makes it refreshing and pleasurable. I would recommend this for a nice summer evening.

 

 

 

Slightly hazy golden color with white head. Aroma jumps at you with lime and tea leaves but underneath these you can also find some belgian yeast esters. Taste starts also with citrus fruits and tea character. Slightly acidic at first but gets very balanced towards the middle taste. There are also some hops, slightly grassy and "green", which give a light bitterness. Body is on the light side but still feels smooth. Carbonation is crisp, aftertaste follows quite dry. Really nice overall. It's citrusy, has a pronounced tea character and a very pleasant mouthfeel.

 

 

330ml bottle, a Belgian-style blonde ale, made with lime leaves.

This beer pours a hazy, medium apricot amber hue, with a handful of puffy, chunky, and somewhat creamy off-white head, which leaves some well-distributed, streaky sudsy lace around the glass as it slowly blows off.

It smells of strawberry-lime daiquiri mix (sans the sugar), wet banana chips, semi-sweet, grainy pale malt, lemon zest, tame earthy yeast, and some further leafy, herbal, and grassy hop notes. The taste is ethereal raw lime leaves, lemon rind, gritty and grainy pale malt, a bit of spicy wheatiness, subtle yeast phenols, and more herbal, weedy hops.

The carbonation is fairly fizzy, but in a mostly gentle way throughout, the body a so-so middleweight for the style, and pretty well smooth, the oats coming round to show off their wares. It finishes off-dry, the wheaty graininess continuing to push the wan pale malt out of the picture, and the purported lime leaf thing still kind of a mystery.

I'll say one thing, the English-challenged marketing on the label inadvertently got something right: 'Lime Leave Blonde'. Yup, the 'pungent' lime leaves duly cede way to a decently lemony and peppery Belgian pale ale, but nothing more.

This should probably be listed as a Belgian pale ale since that's the yeast used, and it smells that way. Strawberry bubblegum, porridge, pale malt and lemon zest. A little underripe banana and earthy spice, calling to mind a German hefeweizen. But no lime leaf. At all. Disappointing. And it's not going to win any beauty contests either. Hazy orange with a weak white head.

Tastes of Belgian yeast fruit-and-spice with a little lemon pepper thing happening from the hops. Not bad, but again, no lime leaf. I'm really sick of brewers releasing beers with specialty ingredients that ultimately taste nothing like those ingredients. However I will say it is still a pleasure to drink, extremely smooth from the oats and wheat.

Possible food pairings: grilled prawns, mussels, pancakes, nachos, eggs Benedict.