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The Bronx Brewery

Clear, golden color. Medium-sized, white head. Aroma of dough, malt, mineral, and some fruits. Malty taste with moderate sweetness and a hint of herbal bitterness at the finish. Simple and approachable.

 

 

 

 

Thought this was pretty unremarkable in just about every way. It's refreshing but not memorable. There are better examples of the style.

The color and appearance is fine but the nose is very faint and I only get bread notes. The taste is more demonstrative, with noble hops prancing alongside sunny biscuit notes. The well balanced flavor is partially compromised by an abundance of carbonation bubbles.

I could do with less carbonation but otherwise this is solid summer drinking maerial and pretty closeto the solid.

Pours a hazy pale straw color with a wispy white head that settles into a small ring.

The aroma is of a crackery malt, lightly fruity yeast and limey hop.

The taste is of a general fruitiness from the yeast. Dry neutral malt and slightly grassy hop.

The feel is light, crisp and fairly clean. Light sweet on the palate.

An easy drinking brew. A pils with ale yeast. Good substitute for macro lagers.

12 oz can. Pours golden with tall, long lasting, fluffy, white head. Aroma is of grassy hops, some citrus fruit and biscuit malt. Body is medium and crisp. Grassy hops dominate pale malt on the palate. Finish is long and very dry. Good brew.

 

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12 fl. oz. can coded "1008A8" (whatever that means)
$1.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: This beer is now labeled as a Kolsch. I hate that, Kolsch implies that it's from Koln, otherwise it's a Kolsch-style beer. Rant over. Let's see how good it is.... it pours a hazy yellow gold body beneath a finger thick head of creamy white foam. That's not bad if you don't mind the haze, but if you're going to call it a Kolsch it should be clear. The aroma is a bit lemony and piney and grassy over some sweetish grainy malt. It certainly gets your attention, but at the same time it smells a little bit like a cleaning product. Hopefully the flavor will be better... yes, but the same characteristics remain. It's also quite floral, which I didn't get in the aroma. I'm not sure if I like it or hate it, but I certainly don't love it, not that that matters, it's just my personal taste. A firm bitterness backs it and allows it to finish dry, and some lemon and herbs linger in the aftertaste. The head has dropped but it's got a decent collar, and it left some pretty nice lacing behind. In the mouth it's light-medium in body and gently crisp. Overall I'd call it well balanced between malt sweetness and bitterness, and malt flavor and hops. Statistically its bitterness and color match that of a Kolsch but I find the hops an odd choice, and the clarity is an issue. Maybe they should have stuck with "blonde ale" although that probably doesn't sell as well. So it is what it is. In the end it's nicely done.
3.75/3.75/4/4/3.75 =

12 ounce can. Gold pour, very small, soapy head. Smell is almost all grain. Taste is primarily grains, no hop presence, some grass and sweetness on the back end. Mouth feel is light to medium, finishes dry. This was not bad at all and would be a perfect summer thirst quencher.

Poured from a 32oz growler into a can style glass.

Ok ok is a pale dull yellow with a white head.

Aroma is biscuit malt and a light hop.

Taste is a light blonde easy drinking.

Poured from a 12 oz can.
Look - pale yellow, slightly cloudy, lots of carbonation, no head. Really looks like an adjunct lager more than anything else.
Smell - lemon, some hops, and some malts. not unpleasant.
Taste - slightly tart taste with a hoppy finish. crisp and refreshing.
Feel - light bodied, medium-high carbonation, and extremely drinkable.
Overall - being a bit stringent with this beer, but it is a very drinkable and refreshing brew from Bronx Brewery. Personally prefer a Kolsch, but this is not half bad.