Ringwood Boondoggle Summer Ale
Ringwood Brewery

From Costco. In Ikea's pint glass. After dinner. ABV of mine was 4.2%. Ultradrinkable, zesty and with a nice english herbal hop touch. BBF end of this month.

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance - Amber red in colour with a foamy 2 finger head that has low retention and dies to light lace cover quickly and leaves little lacing in the glass...

Smell - very malty with a decent waft of bitter hop light blossom aroma of apple and cherry. Some notes of grape and prune.

Taste - Sweet malt of light caramel tones and very slight notes of fruit such as apple and cherry, but after a rather promising aroma profile this one is a real let down.

MF - Light to medium body a with average linger, which is no better than the most mediocre lager or Pilsner and a slightly dry end.

Overall - well balanced in the flavour it does have but it is slightly boring overall. Not bad by any stretch of the imagination but it is not very impressive either.

 

 

 

 

Burnished gold colour. No head.
Hoppy aroma. Dried grass.
Fruity flavour with English hops. Light caramel.
Too carbonated.
Standard Summer beer - refreshing.

 

 

One of the local, seasonal ales we tried while visiting friends in Andove, England.
Good looking pint, golden liquid covered by a thick, dense, white head. Long lasting foam left beautiful lace.
Tried to coax some aroma out by swirling repeatedly, but not alot too it. Slightly sweet and grassy, some citrus hoppiness. Taste is sweeter, fruit and honey to start, and a light hop bite at the end. Mouthfeel and body are light, but works for a light summer beer. Carbonation fit well. A decent blonde.

 

Pours a handsome pint, honey golden amber body thin in depth but thick in density white head.

Now the aroma, distinct and to be honest, maybe a little to honest it gives off a distinct smell of sweaty piss flaps, honestly we a talking about full on 2PM disco camel toe (which is nice in certain circumstances just not sure for a beer).

The taste is slightly better though there is strong honey flavours there (I don't like honey) without the sweetness leading to a quick hoppy bite, a bit of a wheat theme underlying.

Good mouthfeel don't quite know where they are going with this beer but the carbonation seems right for it.

overall ... hmmm? Interesting, very interesting.

Dark amber orange with a larger bubbled head that went quickly. Smelled of grain and fuggles, little bit of orange and rind. Taste had some slightly sweet malt and citrus up front quickly moving to bitter and a bit harsh in the middle with a bitter dry finish. MF was medium light but rough and not overly drinkable. Overall it's not a bad beer but not one I would go back to and certaily not what I expect from a blonde, even a British Blonde. Sure it's better on Cask.

 

500ml bottle, 5% ABV, BB Jan 2012.

This beer pours a slightly hazy, tarnished golden yellow colour, with one finger of dense soapy off-white head, which leaves some thin coral reef lace around the glass as it settles anon. It smells of leafy, musty, and mild citrusy hops, and subdued pale bready malt. The taste is innocuous, somewhat crackery malt, with a sharp, metallic mineral edge. It's hard to determine if this comes from the hops, or what, as there remains a strong leafy, earthy character, fairly bitter, one that tamps down any of the proclaimed refreshing fruitiness. The carbonation is present, but on the low side of the mean, the body kind of light, but not thin, a small edginess precluding smoothness. It finishes still quite bitter, the acerbic deciduous hops lording over the relative meekness of the malt.

While it's obvious that hop-forwardness was the goal here, unfortunately, I'm reminded of those hot sauces that prize heat over flavour. What you wind up with is a metallic, edgy experience, but without the balancing savoury component. That's what I get here. Kind of hard to drink, actually, not really in the vein of the typical EPA.