Cisco Baileys Ale

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

[136-20061209] Bottle. Very nice light sweet aroma with some celery, strawberry, kiwi, lychee and citrusy notes. Cloudy, yellow-orange body with many tiny bubbles throughout and a medium-lasting creamy white head. Flavour is again citrusy, lychee and quite hoppy. Light-medium body, good complexity. Nice togetherness.

Poured a cloudy golden color with some sedimentation. Aroma was much like a pale ale, citrus and floral hops. Good lacing. Flavor was musty pine hops citrus. Very refreshing and drinkable.

Well, I’m rating this as an American Pale Ale, cuz that’s what it was in my book. Either way, a nice showing, very flavored, very drinkable. The aroma was citrus and floral hops. Pour was golden colored, hazy with some sedimentation, the only blonde/golden ale aspect to this thing, very excellent lacing. Head a little weak, but for a blonde, it holds muster. The flavor was a little wheaty underneath solid citrus and piney hops, herbal, a little musty. Mouthfeel was moderate for the style, light overall, again very drinkable, well-flavored, though.

minus 1 point for style, this brew is too hoppy to be called blond. otherwise, it’s nice with with clear golden color that is topped with off white head. big carbonation and medium bodied.

Bottle shared with a bunch of folks at DougShoemaker’s Decemberfest 2006 - courtesy of blankboy. Golden-orange with a medium long-lasting head. Fruity aroma - peach, lychee, orange. Crisp, sharp body. Flavour is yeasty and tart, with a hoppy finish. Interesting stuff, I quite liked it.

Bottle. Hazy white with a small creamy white head. Sourish aroma with some fruit (grapefruit and peaches). Hay and hop flavour with astringent sharpness. Lingering finish.

Bottle (750ml). at Decemberfest 2006 - blankboy’s bottle. Poured pale cloudy yellow with a huge fluffy white head. Sharp, dry, peppery/spicy yeast aroma, with tart lemon, grapefruit and resin hops ... there really is sweet malt in the background, it’s just hard to discern. Taste - this has a BIG bitter kick to it - peppery and lemony, with a long grapefruit pith bitter finish ... there’s very mild fruity malt along for the ride, but only as a passenger. Soft, dry and almost watery body, incredibly astringent, decently carbonated, with alcoholic character emerging in the long bitter finish. I quite liked it - bitter yet fruity.

Bottle shared with the gang at Decemberfest 2006 -- my bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-yellow with a huge lasting fluffy white head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy along with some fruit -- nice! Flavour’s very hoppy (lots of citrus hops), fruity and quite fresh and refreshing. Medium bodied. A nice surprise, sure it’s a little one-dimensional and you have to like lots of citrus hops but I really liked it!