Hopfenstark Ostalgia Blonde

Brewed by Hopfenstark
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
L’Assomption, Canada

Sampled draught at the Mondial, Montreal (May 2007). Opaque yellow-gold with just a touch of head retained....pleasant malty nose, honey-vanilla notes with very little hops, but so fresh and forward with the malts that I’m not caring....ah, but then on tasting it, BLAM the rough, earthy-grassy bitterness overwhelms the senses, toasty and a bit smoky even, carrying all the way through to the finish with just enough underlying pale malts to hold it together....citric and rather hard finish but quite refreshing, grapefruit and lime pucker the mouth but leave a smile on the lips....

Draught. Murky whitish-yellow body with a creamy white head. The aroma is bready with fruit notes of apple, apricot, and peach. Nice and crisp biscuity flavour with notable citrus hop bitterness. Finishes slightly thin but overall it’s quite solid and refreshing.
Sampled at Mondial on June 1, 2007.

On tap at Mondial 07
Light hazy citric ale with smallish creamy top.
Fresh citric hoppy nose with grainy accents.
Light bodied, with gentle medium bitter tone. Light grainy touches, with raw bitter green finish. It’s better than description might suggest. Works well, created pleasant brew.

On tap at Mondial de la Bière (Montréal). Hazy blond body with a good white foamy head. Average malty/hoppy aroma with light bready and yeasty notes. Taste is rather thin. It ends with a decent bittersweet finish.

cloudy yellow/peach and unfiltere. Good yeast and hop and fresh. Grapefruit and some yeast in aroma. Medium plus creamy mouthfeel.Nice hopping. This is a big time upcoming brewery based on 6 months’ real time brewpub displayed here.

A light hazy golden ale with a thick creamy white head. A biscuity malt aroma with peppery hops notes. In mouth, a crisp sweetish malt, light lactic notes, herbal hops, and light berry notes. Medium bodied. On tap at Vices versa, Jan. 2007.

Sample, Vices et Versa, savoured on January 20 2007; eye: straw, clear, no effervescence, lacing; nose: aggressive malt, bread, light hops; mouth: aggressive malt, finale in malt with a hint of bitterness and bread, average carbonation, slightly grainy and a bit thin texture, average astringency, medium body; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Vices et Versa, savourée le 20 janvier 2007; oeil : paille, claire, pas d’effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt agressant, pain, léger houblon; bouche : malt un peu agressant, finale en malt avec une pointe d’amertume et de pain, carbonatation moyenne, texture légèrement granuleuse et un peu mince, astringence moyenne, corps moyen; en résumé : correct

Bu à Vices et Versa en fut (10 oz). Jaune blanche come la crème patissière, petit collet. Arome de blé légèrement épicé et d’herbe fraiche. Goût sec de blé, un peu d’herbe et de grain sucré.