Skullseeker
TRVE Brewing Co.

2025-12-13
16oz can served in a stemless Fremont rastal. Don't see a date. @beergoot sent it to me, I think.

Pours clear light yellow-gold. Small head on the pour with a short life span, lots of carbonation with a thickish ring sustained by pretty substantial carbonation. Smell is lemon/lime citrus and light grains, some citrus acidity / tartness. Funkiness and yeast.

Taste is funkier than expected. I kinda wanna compare it to a grisette or a similar table beer. Earthy, citrus notes certainly have not subsided.

Mouthfeel is light, effervescent, nice little prickle. Overall, pretty good.

L- Great clear light gold beer with simple white head that fades fast
N- Peach or apricot on the nose with a bit of produce dept yeastiness along with a touch of hop bitter notes.
T- Beautiful peachy vibe with nice lightly bitter citrus or apricot like hops and a neutral grain profile. This is a great balanced beer.
F- Medium body with slight dry finish along with peach an citrus like hop tang. surprise that the medium body is not a caramel malt type. Super drinkable and not thin.
O- I have only had 4 -5 blonde ales, but this is amongst the best I have sampled. And super drinkable at 4%.

16oz, canned on September 12th 2023

On the pour, almost 3 finger of white head formed on top of a vaguely hazy golden body. Head retention is very good.

The aroma is bright with citrus notes that mingle with a bright yeasty smell. There is a mild crackery malt present as well. Smells crisp and refreshing.

The taste is similar to the aroma, with some slight, but very welcome yeasty esters, but for the most part this is pretty clean. There is some bright Citra character that leads before a transition into a rich bready and crusty malt flavor, without being too sweet.

The feel is medium bodied, but with a longer, mellow finish. Relatively crisp and drinkable, but also nice to sip on and is refreshing as hell.

Overall this is a great, easy drinking blond ale with some nice nuances, while at the same time also being a beer you can just drink, while still tasting like a GOOD beer. In my opinion, a great introduction to craft beer for domestic lager drinkers.

 

Clear, medium gold body; huge carbonation presence; decent head, sudsy with a small puddle of creaminess in the center. Very alluring, robust malt aroma; toasted grain; notes of pear and apricot at the beginning.Very fine flavor leaning towards toasted grain; light bitterness near the start and finishing more to a moderate level at the finish. Medium-light body; crisp; delicate residual sugar presence; light dryness overall.

TRVE has brewed a very nice blonde ale, easy drinking and bringing some subtle complexity and fine balance to the palate.

Pouring temperature: 53.8 ℉; canning info: n/a

Crisp and light, after tasting im definitely pretty sure this is an American blonde but they don't specify. Not really much to say on taste as it's a very light style. Solid though definitely crushable