 ElGaucho (1721), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Apr 8, 2008
Bottle from Cellars St. Paul-Larpenteur. Not much aroma to speak of; some fresh roasted malt. Clear dark gold, nearly amber. Darker in color than most "blondes" I’ve had. I was surprised when I read that this brew was intended to compete with Bass Ale, since it’s supposedly a blonde. Doesn’t really have that light hop that Bass has. This isn’t much different than the Lite Amber; perhaps a little less strong in the malt aspect. Probably better than regular miller lite, but this one begs for more flavor. From a flavor perspective, this brew has the least of the 3 brews in the ML Brewers Collection. The Wheat is the best. Now that I’ve tried them all I have a couple of conclusions: 1) All 3 are solid light beers and among the best light beers (soon to be) readily available, 2) It is really hard to inject flavor into beer while keeping the calorie count low and the ML Brewers Collection does little to dispel that truism, and 3)I’ll never get back the $4.77 I spent on one bottle of each although the fact that it was during the test market stage when few others had done so was somewhat worth it.
DarkElf (2650), La Jolla, California, USA
Aug 28, 2008 24-Jun-08 (12-oz bottle: BevMo in La Jolla, CA) It’s really difficult to pick out the best of the three in the Brewers Collection, but the Blonde Ale isn’t bad for a Lite beer. It’s malty and grainy with a mild hop bitterness and flavor. There’s a little breadiness in the finish and sweetness is kept to a minimum. Light in body, pretty thin actually, but not quite watery. Malty and fairly grainy nose. Golden-amber in color and showing perfect clarity, but the off-white head pours small and fades fairly quickly. None of these Brewers Collection beers are all that good, but they could be a whole lot worse. This one is actually pushing into the drinkable range.
Artillery (17), Lawton, Oklahoma, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Way to go again, when I heard they were comeing out with this I thought no way will it be good. Good job
arventresca (156), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Aug 9, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark gold. Nice ale smell. Taste like a real beer which is saying something. For what it is, a lite beer, it is very good.
Ughsmash (2985), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
May 28, 2008 Thanks to Bob for the bottle! Poured clear, bright, lighter orangey-golden with a short cap of fizzy off-white head. The aroma had some caramel and lighter fruits paired with pale malts, but the artificial sweeteners ran rampant.. not good, but non-offensive. The flavor had basically the same maltage with the same un-naturally sweet quality.. dry, grassy bitterness on the edges.. short, tacky, sweet finish. Light-bodied on the palate with substantial fizzy, sharp carbonation.. dry on the back and this fell off the finish very quickly.
Snojerk321 (952), San Diego, California, USA
May 20, 2008 12oz bottle from BevMo! Mission Valley. I can’t believe Miller attempted at a beer like this........funny..........lame.
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