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Overall:7.90/10 (1 dude)
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7.90/10
A:8.00 T:7.00 L:8.00 M:9.00 O:9.00
Color:9
Aroma: Hint of cascade and nugget, but not over pronounced. Hint of Munich behind that.
Tastes: Like it looks. Cascade and Nugget, but just a hint. Identifiable, but not pronounced. Not bitter, just hop flavor over a hint of malt.
Looks, Golden and clean. You can almost read through it.
Very drinkable.
What are my thoughts. It's pitched as a session beer. It won best of 2013 World Beer Awards and 2013 Best Brussels Beer Challenge. So is it good? Well a bunch of judges said yes!
And it's a blonde session beer. It's a finely tuned delicate almost nothing.
Sure it's easy to drink, because it's a blonde. Not much of this, not much of that. Can't complain about a hint of cascade over hint of malt.
For it's style. Fine. But there are so many better beers out there because they have more of everything.
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Reviewed: Mar 17, 2014, 10:18 PM
Tasted: Mar 16, 2014
Price: $0.00 for 12 oz. bottle