Long Trail Pollenator

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

Purchased 22 oz. Bottle at brewery. Very light aroma of malt and slight hops. Golden color with white head. Sweetness fr honey and malty start. Slight floral finish. Smooth beer with silky feel in mouth.

Pint at the brewery. Pale golden pour with a thin white head. The nose is quite light but with a distinct, soft sweetness. A bit of toastiness and a kiss of lightly floral hops. A touch of lingering sweetness. It’s pretty light, but it’s pretty balanced and drinks well.

Bottle courtesy of VanillaMike. Pours a clear golden amber with a short-lived white head that doesn’t leave many remnants behind. The aroma is lighted toasted caramel with some lemon zest and honey. It’s not the most striking nose. The taste isn’t far off from the aroma with the light malts underpinning a nondescript sweetness that might have some honey in there. The hops are present but pretty muted. The mouthfeel is light bodied and clean in the finish with decent carbonation. This is a fairly refreshing beer, but there’s not much complexity in it and the body isn’t quite up to snuff. Not one I would seek out.

Bomber pours a hazy golden orange with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of honey, light floral and citrus hop notes and some bready malt. Flavor of honey along with base malt character, some light sweetness a touch of caramel and light hop notes, low to medium bitterness.

Golden pour with an offwhite head. Aroma is honey sweetness with some light malt and toffee. Flavor is similar, light, sweet malt with touches of honey and a bit of light herbal hopping. Not bad, rather refreshing, but a little sweet and other than that not very interesting.

Golden color with a small, white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of honey, toffee, citrus, and toasted malts. Taste of light honey sweetness, some toffee malts, and a dry, toasty finish.

Blah...a bland and somewhat boring golden/blond. Aroma was so so. A light straw and grass smell. Pour was a nice light golden color with a thin white ring for a head and lots of small rising bubbles. Taste was bland and boring. Tasted like seltzer water mixed with light malt. As it warmed it seemed to get more bland. Carbonation was decent but not biting enough to keep this interesting.

Bottle. Aroma of crackery malt with a hint of hops. Flavor the same. Honestly never got the slightest bit of honey, seems to have fermented out completely or something. Fairly dull, but still pleasant to drink for me.