Eel River California Blonde Ale

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Fortuna, California USA

Golden with a small white head. Malty aroma w2ith biscuit and toffee, and some fruity hops. Sweet malty and fruity flavour

Tap at RNH. Deep golden beer. Lightly hazy with a thin white head. The aromais lightly herbal and loaded with crisp fresh pale malt. Very toasty and fresh with a light wheaty tartness. I’m kind of surprised at how expressive the malts are in here. Low bitterness, just a light herbal kick on the back. A surprisingly tasty summertime brew.

The aroma is a bit weak and watery but what is there is good stuff. It is malty with bread, corn, yeast, and grassy hops. The appearance is pale gold with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma with a bread like finish. The palate is smooth. Overall a good session beer that is hurt by being watery.

brings a common ground for a blond but does nothing to excel the style. standard all the way with flavors of mild malts and a touch of honey and fruity hops.

Eel River California Blonde Ale is a slightly hazy, light golden ale topped with a thin white head that fades. It has a resiny, fruity aroma. It kind of smells like... a barleywine. It has a light body and a smooth, clean finish. It tastes mellow and well balanced with a wood resin slightly sweet finish. This has a lot of character for a blonde.

Poured from the bottle. Pour produced a orange-yellow body, topped by a small head of foam, which quickly diminished. Faint sweet malt aroma, with some light hops. Light-bodied and decently balanced with a tang of hops at the end. The slightly bitter aftertaste at the end diminishes quickly, and overall, is a clean, easy-to-drink beer. As the commercial description states, this is a good beer to get one initiated into micro-brews: nothing to chase away the uninitiated, though nothing to keep the experienced beer drinker coming back.

Clear copper pour, low head, medium lacing, rising bubbles. Yeasty bready aroma. Fizzy and a little sweet, with a rich piny, citrus tack at the end. Slightly nutty, with no bite. A very smooth and drinkable beer, I’ll have this one again.

Appearance: Pours a clear, orange-amber body with a small, off-white head. Smell: Light pale malts with minimal hints of grain and dry caramel. Spicy hops with a light herbaceous quality to them, imparting a vague tea-like note. Faint, faraway fruitiness. Taste: As with the nose, it’s light pale malts with a touch of graininess and some dry caramel with no more than some faint sweetish qualities to it. Minor hint of fruit. Spicy, slightly herbal hops with a medium-low bitterness. Again, it reminds me of a small sip of white tea. A slight transition back to the pale malts, but then the clean finish hits very quickly. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: An okay, adequate blonde in terms of an easy-drinking, balanced ale, but, to be honest, it’s a tad forgettable.