Cisco Baileys Ale

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

750ml bottle. Pours a hazy yellow, blond color with an unbelievable frothy head. It just would not calm down. Nose is grassy with a floral hop background. Lively, but thin palate. The bubbles just keep coming. Taste is moderate hops with a hint of malt sweetness and a hint of spice. Also some fruit flavors as well, pears maybe. Refreshing summertime brew, although dealing with the never ending head was a bit of a distraction.

22oz Bomber. Pungent grassy nose. Fresh bursts of sea bean, milkweed, and maple sap. Heavy on the grass and bergamot rind. Really fresh and bright. The hop aroma is interesting. I’m so used to getting a really dank West Coast hop aroma, but this comes as an alcohol-livened grassy figure. Beaming. Pours a mildly hazed deep gold, with a growing rocky froth that settles in sticky sheets on the side of the glass. Flavor is rich. More of the bright, grassy hops play off of some dense, toothy malt. The explosive carbonation carries a lot of flavors a long way. Alcohol adds complexity, but never brings the beer down. Dry, brisk and refreshing. Beautiful, beautiful balance. Dried citrus rind mingles with honey-like malt and a bit of yeast. All around delicious and lively. Hops are forward, but work well in their English old style. I think this is a fantastic beer. Just tremendous.

750ml bottle. Large bubbly white head. Relatively clear amber color. Might be misleading to label this as a blonde... taste is spicy and hopped -like an IPA. Slight ripe lemon taste but is overdone by an astringent finish which lingers.

Pretty hoppy for a blond ale. Hops are floral, piney, and a rather soapy. Almost throws it out of balance, but there is just enough bready malts to keep it together.

Bottle shared by jsquire. Large very fizzy white head that mostly diminished, very little lacing, hazy, minimal carbonation, and a golden hue. Nose was hoppy, citrus and malty. Flavor was semi-sweet, bitter, hoppy, and citrus. Slightly tingly mouthfeel and medium in body. Just an okay beer IMO as the flavor just didn’t come together for me and ended up being a bit boring of a drink. Not one that I want to have again.

This bottled brew from JSquire poured a very large sized head of foamy off-white colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a transparent softly carbonated orange colored body and spiderweb lacing. The aroma was hoppy and floral. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt and mild hops. A decent one but not one that I would consider drinking again.

750 ml bottle purchased at Oak Tree. Pours an orange/yellow with a large frothy bubbly white head, man just about anything looks good inside a Duvel tulip!! Floral aroma with notes of light honey, cirusy hops, amber malt and perhaps a very very slight touch of wheat. Medium bodied, slightly creamy and a bitter finish. Flavor of amber malts, honey, citrus fruit and hops that is all tied together with a slight soapiness on the finish. This beer could easily be sessioned.

Reminded me a bit of Cooper’s Ale from Australia. Pours a cloudy amber with small head. Aroma is yeasty with a bit of an acrid urine note. The addition of wheat malt is noticable in the mouthfeel. Finish is sharp and bitter, but malt character is lacking. Lacks a good meld of flavors leaving me with a feeling that the brew is somehow unfinished. Like an amatuer homebrew pale ale.