DuClaw Bare Ass Blonde Ale

On tap @ DuClaw Fells Point. Clear golden with a small white head and visible carbonation. Pretty mild aroma of spicy hops and bready malt. Taste about the same, pretty mild. Not too bad for a tourist beer.

Location: Draft at the Fells Point Brew Pub, 9/6/09

Aroma: Lightly fruity and yeasty/grain nose
Appearance: Clear golden beer, small head
Flavor: Light grain and malt flavor, bit of fruit
Palate: Light in body, pretty thin and mild
Overall Impression: Not a bad beer, just not a ton of character. A decent enough blonde, I guess, just not totally exciting.

Tap at Fells Point. Golden pour with a very slight haze. Rocky white head. Grainy aroma. Thin bodied and easy to drink. Flavor is yeasty with some light grain.

Tap at Arundel Mills in Mar 2008: Pours a transparent pale golden with a thin-lacing stringy white head. Mildly sweet and slightly grainy nose is fairly bland, but not offensive. Body starts lightly sweet and pale malty with some grainy flavors before a smooth, lightly bitter finish. Very drinkable and pretty well-balanced, just not that interesting.

Golden color with a light citrus/malt aroma and flavor. Ok, but too many weak beers here on a regular basis makes me sad.

On tap at the Bel Air location. This thing is drinkable, but boring. Thin body. Every brewpub makes at least one timid little watery beer - this is DuClaw’s.

Draft at Bowie location. Came to the table with a very thin light-tan head. Clear amber appearance. Slightly perfumed aroma with some oranges. On the thin side. A bit of sweet caramel upfront with plenty of juicy oranges following things up. Crisp finish with a strange metallic/processed taste. A bit too grainy for the style.

Sampled at the Arundel Mills location. Pours a medium amber color with a small head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is syrupy pear. Aroma is fruity plum and pear notes with a finish of grass and grain. Medium bodied