Strawberry Ale
Blake's Orchard Ales

YUM!!!!!!!! This is once again something from Blakes that is brewed to production perfection, I would highly advise you try out their other brews. This one has a fruity charm that makes you want the hard cider but the crispness of a well balanced brew.

 

 

 

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 718/2017. Pours slightly hazy golden orange/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big juicy and lightly tart/tangy strawberries, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of strawberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy and lightly tart/tangy strawberries, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy/spicy hop bitterness and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/juicy strawberries, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of strawberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitter/tartness balance, and zero astringent hop/fruit flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/tartness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy, fairly tangy/acidic, and lightly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is an excellent fruit beer! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of strawberries, bready malt, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and refreshing to drink with the mildly tart/bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful for the low ABV. Perfectly balanced juicy strawberries and rich bready Munich malt flavors; with just enough noble hops to balance the fruit/malt sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.