Blonde Lager
Amsterdam Brewing Company

Blonde LagerBlonde Lager
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From:
Amsterdam Brewing Company
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
European Pale Lager
Ranked #138
ABV:
5%
Score:
73
Ranked #27,701
Avg:
3.15 | pDev: 15.87%
Reviews:
46
Ratings:
148
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 09, 2023
Added:
Jun 28, 2003
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  25
Crisp and clean, our flagship lager is a golden coloured beer brewed in the tradition of its continental cousins. Using Canadian pale barley, our brewers craft this beer by infusing the malt wort with only the finest aromatic noble hops. After a controlled fermentation with our Danish yeast strain, the beer is chilled and aged until being cold filtered prior to kegging or bottling. The finished product is a very clean and well-balanced hoppy beer without the astringent bitterness of some other European styled lagers. This Blonde is 100% all natural. If you don't believe us, just look under the cap.

14 IBU
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Ratings by JohnnyBarman:
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Reviewed by JohnnyBarman from Canada (ON)

2.56/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Some leftover cans I found in my fridge after a recent shindig/hootenanny. I have yet to really be impressed with anything Amsterdam's released, so I'll happily take a free chance to try their lager.

Poured into a tall lager glass. Actually, I have to say this brew has a lovely appearance for the style. Clear golden, lots of visible carbonation (hopefully it won't burn off completely), and a thick billowy head that won't reced. Sheets and patches of lacing.

Nose is predictably mild: tart apple, pale malt, hops, a bit of lemon. Not bad.

Starts with a tart apple bite, followed by pale malts and a light hoppy finish that is quite dry and metallic. The metallic tang gets progressively worse as the brew warms up - only five minutes in and I'm already struggling to finish it. There's just something about this brew that I really don't like. By the end of the pint each sip is becoming a chore.

Mouthfeel is creamy, getting flat because of the carbonation burning everything off.

I suppose this is better than a lot of macro lagers out there, but really, is it worth it? So many Ontario sessionables I'd rather have than this...
Feb 05, 2011
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Rated: 4.02 by StrangerTides from New York

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Rated: 2.91 by Isaac_L95 from Canada (ON)

Oct 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Long813 from Canada (ON)

Sep 23, 2020
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Rated by ewpass from Canada (PE)

3.51/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Clear gold with a small, fast-disipating head. Clean sweet cereal nose. Light sweet body, very tasty. Good crispness. A good basic brew.
Feb 17, 2020
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Reviewed by ih8rt from Canada (ON)

2.47/5  rDev -21.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Sampled out of a can in a lager glass.
Appears right, smells a little funky (purchased within a few weeks of tasting). Not a smooth lager at all, a bit of the wrong tasting hop here sets this lager apart and not in the right way. Possesses the consistency of a glass of flat seltzer.
Oct 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by spokenwheels from Canada (BC)

Oct 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.77 by grahuba from Connecticut

Oct 05, 2017
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Rated by dan_johnston from Canada (ON)

3.22/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Average blonde lager, time and place beer!
Aug 30, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Boo-urns from Canada (ON)

Jun 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.11 by ronnyb from Canada (ON)

Jun 06, 2016
 
Rated: 2.97 by Mousel from Canada (ON)

Jun 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.16 by Foley67 from Scotland

Apr 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.16 by CDNADV72 from Canada (ON)

Apr 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.42 by WeizenMike from Canada (ON)

Feb 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.4 by MJSFS from Florida

Feb 18, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by fortyfield from Canada (ON)

Jan 18, 2016
 
Rated: 2.78 by talbotjf99 from Canada (QC)

Dec 20, 2015
Blonde Lager from Amsterdam Brewing Company
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 148 ratings