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New Glarus Hometown Blonde 3.39 145

New Glarus Hometown Blonde

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1453.41/5.03.39/5.0Spring4.8%97.5Flute, Footed Pilsner
Commercial Description:
Embrace a classic! Hometown Blonde is an old world style pilsner, assertively hopped with four premium hop varieties. Tettninger, Saaz, Styrian Golding and Strisselspalt varieties all grace this German-style brew with the complex character you enjoy in a classic pilsner. Expect to pour an elegant blonde glass of beer, crowned with a rich head of foam that resonates with our chorus of hops. Although delicate in appearance, our Hometown Blonde has a backbone, but of course that’s no surprise in Wisconsin. Enjoy!
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 BBB63 (4238), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Bottle and served in a NG pint glass: Clean golden hue with a nice lasting frothy lead and very good lace. The aroma has notes of classic herbal and grassy hops (the Saaz shines) with pale biscuity malt, hint of apple, faint chalky yeast esters. The taste is mildly fruity and soft grains at the beginning with some light handed bitter to follow. Grassy and herbal character is dominate throughout and leads to high quality old world enjoyment. The mouth feel is sprite and refreshing with a nicely done dry attenuated finish. A winner for the genre, one the best American made Pils I have had. Try one out for an easy session beer.


 Tripplebrew (496), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/516/20
Dec 25, 2007  
Poured a definite, clear yellow with a little small head. A bit of hops. Nothing too special about this pilsner.


 highibus (435), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/57/103/515/20
Dec 20, 2007  
Clean blonde color with creamy thick head. Smells of bright hops and light malt. Nice hop presence for this pilsner. Balanced nicely with a light malt presence. Palate is light. A nice beer for the style. Thanks to Bockyhorsey for this one.


 Miver (568), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 18, 2007  
Poured light color with small white foam head. Flavors of sweet cookies, and a solid mint undertone. The german stylings of this are eveident in all aspects of this brew.


 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Poured a clean straw yellow body with a small white foam that left some nice lace. Aroma was earthy yeast and subtle sugary hops. Flavors are sweetbread, cookie, sweet white grapes and a mint/menthol finish all acompanied by a nice earthiness through-out.


 ratman197 (3240), Arvada, Colorado, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/511/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Bottle poured a hazy gold with a small diminishing white head. Aromas of bread, straw, earthiness and spicy hops. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw, noble hops and light earthiness with a crisp moderatly bitter finish.


 nolankowal (854), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Nov 20, 2007  
Bottle RBSG 07. Yellow pour with a white head. Aroma of dank skunky hops and pale malt. Flavors of grassy hops, pale malt, yeast and a bit og lemon zest. Medium/light body with a bitter clean finish.


 Immy (1911), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 15, 2007  
12 oz bottle from iowaherkeye - thanks Joey! Pretty pour - deep, clear gold with a fluffy white head. Well carbonated, with streams of bubbles rising up to the head. Nice lacing. Mildly sweet nose, lightly malty, shortbread cookie, chalk dust and mild grass. Initially, a nice grassy bite shocks the tongue, but it fades and a lightly spicy grain takes over. More dry than expected, the hops really shine through toward the finish, with light lemon zest joining the grassyness. Pepper peeks through at the very tail end of the clean, dry finish. I enjoyed this very much, an excellent session brew!



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