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Beer To Drink Music To '17 Tropical Blonde
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 9.5%
- Reviews:
- 61
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 29, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 15, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 61
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Ratings by atr2605:
Reviewed by atr2605 from New York
3.62/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A-pours a soft copper color with a white head with decent retention
S-lots of tropical fruit, kiwi, strawberry, honey, pineapple
T-tart apple, apricot, hint of grapefruit, fair amount of bitterness
M-medium bodied with average carbonation
O-awesome aroma, but I felt like the taste wasn't quite as complex. Still a pretty solid beer and worth trying
Apr 01, 2017S-lots of tropical fruit, kiwi, strawberry, honey, pineapple
T-tart apple, apricot, hint of grapefruit, fair amount of bitterness
M-medium bodied with average carbonation
O-awesome aroma, but I felt like the taste wasn't quite as complex. Still a pretty solid beer and worth trying
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Nass from Florida
2.25/5 rDev -40.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.25/5 rDev -40.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
I agree with the hibiscus taste overwhelming this beer. Besides that there is not much else going on for it. This is not something that I would want to drink music to. Besides that there is not much else going on for it. Cheers! C-
Nov 06, 2018Reviewed by AZBeerDude72 from Arizona
4.35/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +14.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Dark red/gold in color with very white head and sticky lacing. Smells light and sweet, citrus, floral and mild hops. The taste is very nice, crisp citrus burst with a semi sweet mix, very mild hops and clean finish. There is a slight sour to this but mild, overall a easy to drink beer with music. I really like this one, just blended right.
Sep 19, 2017Reviewed by jwilcox767 from Ohio
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Dark golden body, very light head.
S - Up front notes of citrus, floral. Not big on the booze.
T - Tart and floral are right there, not sure if I identify it as "kiwi" though. Taste lingers for a bit and doesn't stick around. The alcohol is well balanced, but I don't think that 6.8% is hard to balance.
M - Solid medium body with bit of biting resin, medium amount of carbonation.
O - A good execution of a blonde ale, but I haven't had that meany be a good judge. I'd definitely drink it again but probably not seek it out.
Aug 28, 2017S - Up front notes of citrus, floral. Not big on the booze.
T - Tart and floral are right there, not sure if I identify it as "kiwi" though. Taste lingers for a bit and doesn't stick around. The alcohol is well balanced, but I don't think that 6.8% is hard to balance.
M - Solid medium body with bit of biting resin, medium amount of carbonation.
O - A good execution of a blonde ale, but I haven't had that meany be a good judge. I'd definitely drink it again but probably not seek it out.
Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
4.11/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.11/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Another good one from Dogfish Head...
A nice orange color, slightly hazy, with a white head, very light and short-lived. The smell is unbelievably good, unbelievably. We are talking about smells of tangerine, grapefruit, and a sweetness that blends well with a hop foundation that is lightly there. Mouthfeel started very carbonated and spicy even, but it then tamped down as it got warmer. The taste was a decent blend of the same fruits and hops that met my nose. It was a good offering from DH.
Aug 19, 2017A nice orange color, slightly hazy, with a white head, very light and short-lived. The smell is unbelievably good, unbelievably. We are talking about smells of tangerine, grapefruit, and a sweetness that blends well with a hop foundation that is lightly there. Mouthfeel started very carbonated and spicy even, but it then tamped down as it got warmer. The taste was a decent blend of the same fruits and hops that met my nose. It was a good offering from DH.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery "Beer To Drink Music To '17"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, "BOTTLED ON 01/24/17 1030"
$2.17 @ Giant Eagle, Indiana, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: "...brewed with kiwi juice & hibiscus flowers". Moderately hazy golden and orange body beneath a short head of bright white foam. Aroma of citrus fruits, mainly orange. Somewhat floral. The head seems to have held well, it dropped but there's still a solid surface covering and mountains of lace rising up along the inside of the glass. The flavor has a touch of tartness to it that I'll attribute to the hibiscus, and the kiwi comes through clearly. None of the orange found in the nose is present but there is a "tropical" flavor beyond the kiwi. The malt is lightly sweetish and grainy, and supports the fruitiness and subtle tartness. There's not a lot of bitterness to it but there's some, probably around 30 IBUs, and it appears rather abruptly in the finish, with the fruit vanishing to leave the bitterness and residual malt behind. That's not bad, just an observation, and in the end is where you see that it's a blonde ale underneath the fruit. Medium-bodied and delicately crisp. Smooth. That helps with the tartness but then leaves the finish a little dull. It's not bad, it's not great, but there's a lot of potential to it and I hope they take this and push or pull it to change it up into something a little more exotic. Of course that wouldn't sell as well, would it? This is pretty accessible despite the tartness and the bitterness in the end; and it is 6.8% ABV so you get a little bit of bang for your buck.
Aug 15, 201712 fl. oz. brown glass bottle, "BOTTLED ON 01/24/17 1030"
$2.17 @ Giant Eagle, Indiana, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: "...brewed with kiwi juice & hibiscus flowers". Moderately hazy golden and orange body beneath a short head of bright white foam. Aroma of citrus fruits, mainly orange. Somewhat floral. The head seems to have held well, it dropped but there's still a solid surface covering and mountains of lace rising up along the inside of the glass. The flavor has a touch of tartness to it that I'll attribute to the hibiscus, and the kiwi comes through clearly. None of the orange found in the nose is present but there is a "tropical" flavor beyond the kiwi. The malt is lightly sweetish and grainy, and supports the fruitiness and subtle tartness. There's not a lot of bitterness to it but there's some, probably around 30 IBUs, and it appears rather abruptly in the finish, with the fruit vanishing to leave the bitterness and residual malt behind. That's not bad, just an observation, and in the end is where you see that it's a blonde ale underneath the fruit. Medium-bodied and delicately crisp. Smooth. That helps with the tartness but then leaves the finish a little dull. It's not bad, it's not great, but there's a lot of potential to it and I hope they take this and push or pull it to change it up into something a little more exotic. Of course that wouldn't sell as well, would it? This is pretty accessible despite the tartness and the bitterness in the end; and it is 6.8% ABV so you get a little bit of bang for your buck.
Beer To Drink Music To '17 Tropical Blonde from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
216 ratings
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