Milwaukee Ale House Downtown Lites

Brewed by Milwaukee Ale House
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Date: 06/25/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

pale hazy gold, fine white head, drippy lace, light sweet honey aroma with light floral hops, well blended sweet malt and honey flavor, light lingering bitterness keeps the balance and adds the best character this beer has going for it,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap at the Milwaukee Ale House Brew Pub. Poured a light to medium golden color with a smaller sized white head. Aromas and tastes of light honey and light wheat. Medium sweet. Thinner body.

Sampled at the brewpub on 6/25/07: Pours a transparent bright golden with a clingy-lacing web of white foam. Lightly grainy, earthy semi-sweet pale malty nose has a hint of floral honey. Body starts fairly thin and light with a touch of flowery sweet clover honey and Vienna malt toward a mildly bitter and drier finish. Light and drinkable, but bland.

Light golden color with a fairly thich white head. Light dry aroma of honey with a touch of hops. Slight wheat sweetness in the taste along with pale malt. Dry honey aftertaste. A decent light but, the other selections are tastier.

Medium amber, full-looking and offering an enticing, springy nose. Much more flavor than its description would indicate, nice lingering malt finish; mostly sweet. I wish I had more to say. This was fine, if forgettable.

On tap at the Ale House. Poured a clear lighter golden with a dusting of white head and some lacing as it went down. Aroma was of sweet pale malts and a bit of honey.. not much to it, and nothing that really made me want to drink it. Dry bready and pale malts in the flavor.. slightly astringent.. dry and empty for the most part after the initial taste. Light-bodied with low bitterness... unnecessarily dry across the middle. This one can be avoided.

Light amber color with little head. Kind of a dusty aroma. Taste has a hint of honey and wheat, but not much else. A bore.

Draught at the brewpub. Clear gold color with thin white head that left only a bit of lace. Not much in the way of aroma other that a whiff of grainy malt. The commercial description says it is made with honey. I seldom smell or taste the honey in such beers, and this one is no exception. There is a pleasant cereal grain flavor which lingers a bit, but this one is a snoozer otherwise.