Carolina Blonde

Brewed by Carolina Beer Company
Style: Pilsener
Mooresville, North Carolina USA

Poured a very transparent golden color (looks macro). The head was very thick, fizzy, and white. Long lasting. The aroma is very pungent and sour, can’t put my finger on what it is. Tastes like macro crap. Could be miller lite or bud lite or anything. I couldn’t pick it out of a lineup if I had too. Disappointed considering the fact that I like Cottonwood.

I bought a 6-pack of this beer at the Food Lion on Hatteras Island. It was the FIRST time I bought beer in a grocery store. It poured a decent golden color, with a thin fizzy white head. Slight grassy and light fruity aroma. Thin mouthfeel. Rather bland, with a hint of malts and light fruits. Not very good.

Kinda odd, but not enough to be interesting. Macro-esque, but with a tiny bit more character. Utterly forgettable.....what was I typing about again?

The best thing about my experience with this beer is that it came in a 16 ounce, squishy, brown plastic bottle. "Tall Blonde." Very confusing drink. The label reads, "A Genuine Pilsner Style Beer." That it ain’t, and "Golden Ale/Blonde Ale" is probably the best place to leave it. It pours a dirty straw color and doesn’t produce much of a head. It smells of malt and overly ripened pears. Tastes malty with old fruit and an odd bitterness. This is one of those beers that raises the question, "Why?"

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From notes 5/17/03: Poured a somewhat hazy straw yellow with a moderate fluffy white head. Excellent lacing. Little aroma, mainly a little malt and a fairly obscure fruitish scent. Pear? Apple? The taste is not "pilsneresque", but definitely more golden ale. (I know the bottles claim a pilsner quality, but it’s just not so) A grainy feel. No crisp pilsner bite, but a subtle soft blonde ale ending.

Easy drinking, but not exactly a top quality beer. It does have a nice, slight aroma and flavor of a strawberry blonde. A good one to drink for a night out at the bar with the guys - but nothing too special.

On tap. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Aroma is mostly a standard beer smell. Nothing exciting about the aroma at all. I can faintly smell some hint of hops. Flavor is a bit grassy, some hops in the flavor with a little bit of a sweet taste in there too. An average beer at best but something to try.

I had this in a bottle at Chili’s in the Charlotte, NC airport. It was the only non-macro and local beer they had, so I thought I’d give it a try. The aroma was okay and I didn’t get to pour it so I have no comments on the appearance. Unfortunately I don’t have too much to else say about this beer. I was hoping for something different and satisfying, but it wasn’t that great and don’t really recommend it. The flavor seemed flat or off. Maybe I just has a bum bottle.