Southern Girl Blonde
Sycamore Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

Tasted as poured from a tall boy can at the Charlotte Airport Centurion Lounge. Two members of the brewery staff were there giving out tastes. Much appreciated!

Wonderful, clean fresh hop aroma and flavors. Sweet and lightly fruity, reminiscent of tangerine and other citrus. Just a hint more body and lingering sweetness than I prefer in a blonde, but that is personal taste. This is a well-made, enjoyable blonde.

A pretty bland Blonde Ale. After drinking so many Kettle Fruited Sours, Wild Ales and NE IPA's that had fruit flavor as a "hook", I was expecting a beer that calls itself "blonde ale with strawberries" and has strawberries on the can to have an actual, specific fruity flavor. Not the case here. I poured this beer from a 16 oz. can into a tulip glass. It featured a hazy dark gold color and a big foamy white head. The head shrunk to medium size and then held it's own for very good retention. there was some lacing on the glass. Aroma and flavor featured a grainy and somewhat sweet malt background, a little grassy hops and a very vague, nondescript fruit flavor. I certainly didn't recognize strawberries!!!! Aroma and taste were mild to say the least. Mouthfeel was light and pleasant...more of a lawnmower beer than something to savor. I wouldn't seek this one out again!!!!

 

 

 

 

Canned 2021/04/06
Pours a light fizzy bubbly 1/2 finger head with med retention, light lacing, hazy golden blonde color

Nose is quite fruity, general fruity esters, light cereal grain and blonde sweet malt, light fruity hop

Taste brings mild sweet grainy malt, blonde malt with a little candy sweetness, light herbal fruity hops, fairly fruity again, little buttery diacetyl, light bitterness sticky, mild dry and slick finish, Little green apple acetaldehyde

Mouth is med bod, med higher frothy carb, little slick diacetyl

Overall not that good, kinda like a beer a newbie home brewer would make, yeast struggled and were dropped out before they were ready