Blue Ridge (SC) Kurli Blonde Ale

Draught at the brewpub. Pours hazy golden yellow with small white head. The aroma is sourdough bread, lemon zest, and a bit of grassy hops. The flavor is grassy hops, sourdough, and a rather unpleasant soap and leather finish. Not very exciting.

On tap at the brewpub 2/1/08: Pours a mostly transparent hazy golden with a pillowy, clumpy-lacing white head. Lightly grainy pale malty sweet nose has some mild lemon citrus notes. Starts semi-sweet and grainy with some earthy bittering hops and mild citrus tartness. Pretty true to style and drinkable.

Their blonde ale doesn’t really look that blonde to me, pouring a copper-orange color. Nice head and lacing. Slightly sweet floral hopping, light malt, crisp and light but a lot of flavor for what it is. A good session choice and really something I can see being refreshing on a hot summer day.

Appearance: Lightly hazy, burnished gold body with a small white head. Smell: Fairly mild aroma of crackers and sour lemons. Taste: Light wheat cracker flavor with no more than a touch of sweetness. Hint of lemons. Mild bitterness helps the beer finish dry. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A respectable light blonde ale.

No head atop lightly hazed straw body. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, grassy, some herbal, light peach. Taste is medium sweet, grassy/herbal, light honey. Light body, some crisness, low carbonation.

Date: 09/22/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

pale hazy yellow, thin fine white head, solid lace, light floral hop aroma, malt flavor with very nice balancing hops, fleeting corn sweetness, light bitter finish, a well made blonde
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Date: 12/23/2006
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub

ditto

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

on tap @HopfestNC-pours a white head and pale yellow color. Aroma is grain-slightly sweet. Taste is grain-slightly sweet, faint/secondary hops. OK carbonation. 2.8

Draught. Pours light yellow and is easily seen through. A firm white head adorns the brew. The aroma is really yeasty and musty with faint diacetyl. The taste is almost non-existant, some papery hops become known in the finish. There is a faint, non-descript sweetness. I imagine this is to satisfy all those Carolinians looking for the "lightest beer ya got," much like the sister brewery Foothills’ Salem Gold. Mission accomplished.