Lemony Cookie
Burns Family Artisan Ales

served with a lemon cookie, this blonde type ale is close to being really light and refreshing and good, but it still tastes a little first batchy to me, i bet they dial this one in the next time its on the schedule. right now its pale and not quite clear, lemony colored coincidentally, and has a lot of sweetness to it with all the fragrant lemon, which makes it seem almost more like a lemon soda than a beer, a real candied thing that takes what i think is natural lemon and makes it seem a bit artificial, which is a real shame. the same thing is true in the taste, not much malt flavor here to make it beery, and without that, the lemon sort of takes over, a little tart, a little zesty, a lot sweet. good carbonation is helpful and needed for drinkability, but it also lends to the soda thing. there is also a slight chemical thing, something not quite right with the fermentation, like cleaner with the lemon, fortunately i didnt pick any of that up in any of their other beers, so hopefully a one time deal. i suspect this will be lights out next time i go in, it has all the makings of a winner. my lady appreciated the cookie with it too!