Bella's Blonde
Parker's Hilltop Brewery

32 ounce crowler into pint glass, filled on 3/3/2019. Pours lightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and creamy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, melon, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt/grains, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of corn, melon, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, corn, melon, pear, red apple, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of pale malt/grains, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.1%. Overall this is a very nice American blonde ale. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt/grains, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean pale, wheat malt, grain showcase; with solid earthy hop presence/balance, and restrained yeast fruitiness. Mild on the overall adjunct presence. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example.