Blood Orange Blonde
Haymarket Beer Co. Pub & Brewery

 

Pours a gold color with a minimal head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of oranges. Taste is tangy orange. Clean refreshing taste with no hoppy bitterness. Crisp and dry.

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours orange red with a fluffy white head. Smells of orange and other citrus. Tastes of orange and grapefruit with some other sweet grain. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.

 

Taste: citrus blood oranges, grapefruit, non sweet, floral, herbal, with clean finish. Grainy citrus, herbal nose. Amber/gold hue, clear, with a soapy carbonated head, some lace. Medium body. Fresh summer beer.

 

Aroma is orange and very tart fruit. The flavor is orange/citrus/rind, fruit, a hint of tropical fruit, malts and a long and mild/medium sweet/tart/slightly grainy finish.

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 7/1/2019. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; citrus tang/tartness, and yeast spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blood orange juice, lemon, grapefruit, citrus peel/zest, peach, pear, melon, red apple, berries, light peppercorn/clove, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/toast, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness, and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and tart/tangy fruit. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and fairly sticky/acidic/tangy mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent fruited American blonde ale. All great complexity, robustness, and balance of blood oranges, fruity/light spicy yeast, pale/wheat malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, refreshing, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the mellowly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish; great soft feel for the style. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy/vibrant oranges and fruity yeast flavors; with a great clean pale/wheat malt backbone, and solid earthy hop presence for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on base style example. Awesome summer beer.