Notting Hill Blonde
Moncada Brewery Ltd
- From:
- Moncada Brewery Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.94 | pDev: 20.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
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Notting Hill Blonde is a continental style yellow beer which flavour explodes on the tongue, a mix of hops, bitterness and sweetness. Fruity hops on the nose and palate fade in the aftertaste, leaving a dry bitter character with a little spiciness.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
2.09/5 rDev -28.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
2.09/5 rDev -28.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.75
L- Mid-gold, slightly hazy, poured with 1Cm white head
S- Fruity notes, I get mandarin orange.
T- Hoppy/dry, strikingly so, and those citrus notes again. The hopping over-dominates for me, it's very bitter.
F- It is not quite tongue-curling but it's an example of a contemporary hipster beer that wants to make a statement via it's excessive hopping level, over being a beer with any balance.
O- Apparently fashionable, but it doesn't work for me; not one I'd buy again.
Notting Hill appears to hold a great interest for the brewery who use it in the name of many of their beers. Their website features an image of the street-corner at the junction of Goldborne and Bevington Roads in W10 which is about at the northern limit of 'Notting Hill' area, and an epicentre of local hipsterism. The bottle is coy about where the brewery is located; it turns out it's 3.5miles north in Cricklewood, NW2 near Staples Corner/North Circular Road. Aka 'Not-Notting Hill by any stretch of the maps or imagination'.
BB: 03/05/19. Bought from Oddbins, Notting Hill Gate [aka Really-Real-Notting Hill] £2.80/500ml.
p.s. Pour with great care. I tried to and got some minor haze, but the sludge left in the bottle was very heavy.
Dec 14, 2018S- Fruity notes, I get mandarin orange.
T- Hoppy/dry, strikingly so, and those citrus notes again. The hopping over-dominates for me, it's very bitter.
F- It is not quite tongue-curling but it's an example of a contemporary hipster beer that wants to make a statement via it's excessive hopping level, over being a beer with any balance.
O- Apparently fashionable, but it doesn't work for me; not one I'd buy again.
Notting Hill appears to hold a great interest for the brewery who use it in the name of many of their beers. Their website features an image of the street-corner at the junction of Goldborne and Bevington Roads in W10 which is about at the northern limit of 'Notting Hill' area, and an epicentre of local hipsterism. The bottle is coy about where the brewery is located; it turns out it's 3.5miles north in Cricklewood, NW2 near Staples Corner/North Circular Road. Aka 'Not-Notting Hill by any stretch of the maps or imagination'.
BB: 03/05/19. Bought from Oddbins, Notting Hill Gate [aka Really-Real-Notting Hill] £2.80/500ml.
p.s. Pour with great care. I tried to and got some minor haze, but the sludge left in the bottle was very heavy.
Reviewed by Spike from England
2.68/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.68/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
From a 500ml bottle.
Gentle pour to keep the sediment in the bottle. Hazy, dark gold. no carbonation. Little to no head (partly because of the careful pour). A swirl livens things up but the foamy head recedes quickly to a thin smear.
Pronounced honeysuckle nose. Something mineral as well.
Flavour and mouthfeel are both thin. Light floral taste disappears quickly. The dry-ish finish is accompanied by a tangy, sharp, metallic aftertaste that is difficult to place.
Unfortunately, my second disappointing ale from this brewery (the other was the amber) for pretty much the same reasons: murky; lifeless; thin; promising floral hops ruined by something off in the background.
Jun 16, 2016Gentle pour to keep the sediment in the bottle. Hazy, dark gold. no carbonation. Little to no head (partly because of the careful pour). A swirl livens things up but the foamy head recedes quickly to a thin smear.
Pronounced honeysuckle nose. Something mineral as well.
Flavour and mouthfeel are both thin. Light floral taste disappears quickly. The dry-ish finish is accompanied by a tangy, sharp, metallic aftertaste that is difficult to place.
Unfortunately, my second disappointing ale from this brewery (the other was the amber) for pretty much the same reasons: murky; lifeless; thin; promising floral hops ruined by something off in the background.
Reviewed by woosterbill from Kentucky
3.67/5 rDev +24.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +24.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Gravity halfpint at the Sebright Arms.
A: Very lightly hazed gold body under a thin white ring of fine bubbles. Boring, but not bad.
S: Fruity (citrus/mango) and light. A touch of toasty malt. Not bad.
T: Starts out with some juicy hoppy fruitiness (mango and lime stand out), and ends with clean, flavorless crispness. Very light and refreshing good stuff.
M: Light, smooth body with just a faint amount of creamy carbonation. Ok.
O: This was an enjoyable, but not especially memorable, little Blonde. I had plenty of other beers in London that packed considerably more flavor into an even lower ABV package, so this one was a slight bit disappointing in its blandness. Others might call that blandness smoothness, though, and it's definitely worth trying if you're looking for a refreshing summer pint.
Cheers!
Apr 01, 2012A: Very lightly hazed gold body under a thin white ring of fine bubbles. Boring, but not bad.
S: Fruity (citrus/mango) and light. A touch of toasty malt. Not bad.
T: Starts out with some juicy hoppy fruitiness (mango and lime stand out), and ends with clean, flavorless crispness. Very light and refreshing good stuff.
M: Light, smooth body with just a faint amount of creamy carbonation. Ok.
O: This was an enjoyable, but not especially memorable, little Blonde. I had plenty of other beers in London that packed considerably more flavor into an even lower ABV package, so this one was a slight bit disappointing in its blandness. Others might call that blandness smoothness, though, and it's definitely worth trying if you're looking for a refreshing summer pint.
Cheers!
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