Upside Down Blonde
Rad Brewing Co.
- From:
- Rad Brewing Co.
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Wheat Beer
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 14.11%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 20, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 11
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
This American Blonde Ale is brewed with pilsner and wheat malt for a light and refreshing year-round brew. Its soft malt character is complimented by the addition of American Noble hops to provide a smooth balanced flavor without aggressive bitterness.
23 IBU
23 IBU
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Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Canned July 6th? ?
Straw yellow with a decent head of foam. Smell is atrocious. Like garbage sitting around for a while. Must be the noble hops and wheat at the weakest state of its existence.
Not going to rate as it is since that wouldn't be fair to the brewer. 3s all around.
Jan 16, 2017Straw yellow with a decent head of foam. Smell is atrocious. Like garbage sitting around for a while. Must be the noble hops and wheat at the weakest state of its existence.
Not going to rate as it is since that wouldn't be fair to the brewer. 3s all around.
Reviewed by ValerieFlat12 from Indiana
4.8/5 rDev +44.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.8/5 rDev +44.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Look: Light, Golden, effervescent
Smell: Wheat, light grains
Taste: Light, crisp, refreshing, subtle Noble hops
Feel: effervescent, light lacing, light body
Great summer beer! Love it in the new cans.
Jun 22, 2016Smell: Wheat, light grains
Taste: Light, crisp, refreshing, subtle Noble hops
Feel: effervescent, light lacing, light body
Great summer beer! Love it in the new cans.
Reviewed by bwood06 from Wisconsin
3.62/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle into a Helles glass
A - Hard pour produces a head that is 3/4 of a finger in height and is a light froth in appearance. The head dissipates very quickly and is a bright white in color. The beer itself is slightly hazy with moderate to high carbonation with readily visible bubbles, large in size, rising quickly toward the surface. 3.5/5
S - Light sweet cereal grains, wheat, and a light caramel sweetness make up the majority of the aroma with the focus really being on the malt and wheat with this beer. There is a bit of a green apple aroma as well as a bit of pear and peach with grassy hops notes. 4/5
T - Light caramel and Cheerios hit my tongue right off the bat providing a nice grainy sweetness prior to any bitterness to follow. There is a bit of lightly toasted wheat bread. Not overly wheat. The middle is comprised primarily of a slightly fruitiness, much like the aroma, with hints of peach and pear. A bit of citrus peel and grassy bitterness finish off the flavor profile with the bitterness being a bit more heightened than expected and it lingers for quite some time. 3.5/5
M - Significant carbonation burn until the swallow. Moderately drying with a dryness that lingers. Light bodied in stature. 3.5/5
O - Light drinking beer, as a blonde should be. However there is significantly more bitterness than I expect from a blonde or a wheat ale. Flavors, with the exception of the bitterness, come across more as undertones than jump out and grab you flavors. 3.5/5
Jun 19, 2016A - Hard pour produces a head that is 3/4 of a finger in height and is a light froth in appearance. The head dissipates very quickly and is a bright white in color. The beer itself is slightly hazy with moderate to high carbonation with readily visible bubbles, large in size, rising quickly toward the surface. 3.5/5
S - Light sweet cereal grains, wheat, and a light caramel sweetness make up the majority of the aroma with the focus really being on the malt and wheat with this beer. There is a bit of a green apple aroma as well as a bit of pear and peach with grassy hops notes. 4/5
T - Light caramel and Cheerios hit my tongue right off the bat providing a nice grainy sweetness prior to any bitterness to follow. There is a bit of lightly toasted wheat bread. Not overly wheat. The middle is comprised primarily of a slightly fruitiness, much like the aroma, with hints of peach and pear. A bit of citrus peel and grassy bitterness finish off the flavor profile with the bitterness being a bit more heightened than expected and it lingers for quite some time. 3.5/5
M - Significant carbonation burn until the swallow. Moderately drying with a dryness that lingers. Light bodied in stature. 3.5/5
O - Light drinking beer, as a blonde should be. However there is significantly more bitterness than I expect from a blonde or a wheat ale. Flavors, with the exception of the bitterness, come across more as undertones than jump out and grab you flavors. 3.5/5
Rated by docoman from Michigan
2.87/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.87/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
disappointing, if I closed my eyes this could've been a labatt's blue... nothing special
Jul 13, 2015
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