Bayhawk Beach Blonde

From tap at Yards, Pasadena. Pours clear and orange with a lacing white head. Light butterish aroma. Mild spiced and bitter flavour with a distinct butterish base flavour. Ends dry and solid diacetyl. Not good. They got 100 taps going - obviously too many to check daily for quality :(

Draft at Yard House, Pasadena. A light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of citrus as well as a light skunkyness as if too little malt has been used. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of butter and again a light skunkyness, leading to a dry finish with notes of both straw and the skunky note.

On draft from a buddies keg-o-rator. Clear golden in color, head was very foamy and off white. Nose of spice, banana, and some citrus hops.

On tap at Yard House, poured a clear gold, smallish white head that disappeared quickly, lace formed a velum like sheet. Nose sweet malt, crisp and clean. Start was sweet with malt, slight hop bite at back. Top light to moderate in feel. Finish had a biting acidity, the hops apropos to the style, dry lingering aftertaste, refreshing, but unremarkable.

No real aroma to speak of except a slight diacetyl/butterscotch. Pale yellow gold with a small velvey head. I taste some butterscotch, some corn, some nice sweet malt, and some mild crispness. Pretty thirst quenching and pretty easy to pound. It is funny because every Bayhawk beer I have ever had has smelt and mildly tasted of diacetyl. Perhaps this is their secret to making mildly pleasant beers?

Draught at Yard House. Didn’t order this, tried anothers. Aroma was very light, slight hops and yeast. Taste was decent and easy to drink. Slight bitterness. Not much else going on.

No aroma. Taste is preyyt fresh, kind of fruity. Really an okay blonde in moderation, perhaps a little wheaty. On tap at the Yard House in Anaheim.

Draught. Clear golden color with bubbly white head that laced the glass. Weak grainy flavor and subtle sprucy hop nose. Decent beer but not much substance.