Redhook Slim Chance

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Woodinville, Washington USA

From tap Yard House in San Diego. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild malty. Cornish and malty flavoured. Light bitterness coming though. Bitter, dry and light fruity hoppy finish.

(12oz bottle, bottled 3/16/09) Large white head atop crystal clear straw body. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, some cereal, light citrus, straw. Taste is medium sweet, nondescript fruit, some cereal. Bland, mildly unpleasant. Light-medium body, light effervescence.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a clear yellow body with a spare white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma of corn, mustiness, stomach acid, light grain, and wet hay. Flavor of toasted grain, cereal, and light honey.

Bottle… Clear yellow ale with a mid-sized, fluffy, white head. Great retention. Yeasty, lemony aroma with a whisper of pale grains. Light-bodied with lively carbonation. Well-balanced and very refreshing. Short, crisp, clean finish. This is a light beer that lives up to what it’s supposed to be – low calorie and thirst quenching – without being offensive, overly sweet or completely flavorless. Goes down nicely on a hot summer day.

Pours gold with a white head. Smells of dry malt with a stray floral note. Tastes grassy and watery with some peppery splashes on the finish.

Bottle from Binny’s beverage Depot In Orland Park, Illinois: It seems from the description ("a crisp, refreshing ale without the extra calories") that this is bland by design. Clear yellow/gold in body, it’s capped by a short-lived little head. No lace. The light aroma is honeyed grainy malt, and that’s what it tastes like, too. There’s a dash of grassy bitterness at the end that lingers a while. Okay for a lawnmower brew.

Light golden color with a diminished off-white head. Pale malt, grain and grass in the aroma. Starts with bits of malt and honey in the flavor. Middle has some hay and grass. FInish gets drier with more grain and hay. Feels is a little prickly, but ok. A simple, boring ale.

Bottle:Slim chance? Wow, that’s a setup. Light flavor and hop for low calories? Novel! Light husky malts and a crisp fairly bright hop note. Malty body, thin finish. There’s a slim chance I’ll drink it again.