New Wave
Pontoon Brewing Company
- From:
- Pontoon Brewing Company
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
Ranked #447 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #35,900 - Avg:
- 3.29 | pDev: 24.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 03, 2024
- Added:
- Jun 13, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
Our New Wave Blonde ale was brewed with an English yeast to provide some fruity esters that give this simplistic style a well-rounded character, while remaining crisp and light. Light notes of semi-sweet fruits and bready malts dance on your tongue while finishing clean, crisp and refreshing!
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Reviewed by jadpsu from Georgia
3.34/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
LOOK: Pours a less than clear light pale straw yellow with an all white head that disappears quickly to nothing and also has zero side glass lace.
AROMA: A little lemon rind and hints of floral esters and yeast.
TASTE:Thin not much here in the flavor department.
I'll pass on this one.
Apr 15, 2023AROMA: A little lemon rind and hints of floral esters and yeast.
TASTE:Thin not much here in the flavor department.
I'll pass on this one.
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.94/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
12 oz can from Martin's, into Bell's Wheat Glass.
No date that I can read, just some black marks.
Hazy blonde, pretty deep, with a half finger of head that dwindles to a fingernail with no lacing.
Aroma of lightly toasted grain, with some pale malt, honey, slight celery, and slight citrus peel.
Nice flavor of yeast here. It's a well-balanced and flavorful beer. I nearly get circus peanut, just barely, with lots of wonderful bready and pale grain notes, slight coriander, honey, slight smarties sweetness, and a hint of jalapeno pepper (but that could be from the cigar I just smoked). "Well-rounded" is right. Very tasty. I can't complain at all.
Feel is the rough part. First thing I noticed was that the carbonation is intense and too prominent. What follows is a hint of dryness and a hint of starch, with slight buzzing acidity (in a blonde?). Not bad but not great.
Overall, a solid little banger on a hot day and I'm glad I had this. Has a Belgian twist to it. Buzz is settling in now after three beers today. Nice work. Not sure if I'd buy it again, but I very much recommend giving this a try.
$1.55 @ Martin's in NOLA
Jun 17, 2021No date that I can read, just some black marks.
Hazy blonde, pretty deep, with a half finger of head that dwindles to a fingernail with no lacing.
Aroma of lightly toasted grain, with some pale malt, honey, slight celery, and slight citrus peel.
Nice flavor of yeast here. It's a well-balanced and flavorful beer. I nearly get circus peanut, just barely, with lots of wonderful bready and pale grain notes, slight coriander, honey, slight smarties sweetness, and a hint of jalapeno pepper (but that could be from the cigar I just smoked). "Well-rounded" is right. Very tasty. I can't complain at all.
Feel is the rough part. First thing I noticed was that the carbonation is intense and too prominent. What follows is a hint of dryness and a hint of starch, with slight buzzing acidity (in a blonde?). Not bad but not great.
Overall, a solid little banger on a hot day and I'm glad I had this. Has a Belgian twist to it. Buzz is settling in now after three beers today. Nice work. Not sure if I'd buy it again, but I very much recommend giving this a try.
$1.55 @ Martin's in NOLA
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.56/5 rDev +38.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +38.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
New Wave has a thick, fizzing-away, off-white head, a hazy, bubbly gold appearance, which gets hazier, after the "swish & pour", and no glass lacing. The aroma is of lemony, funky pale malt. The flavor is similar, with sweetness and no bitterness. New Wave is medium bodied and has a semi-dry finish.
RJT
Apr 24, 2021RJT
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.55/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.55/5 rDev -22.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
C- / BELOW AVERAGE
Aug 18, 2020
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