Winter Park Beer

Brewed by Orlando Brewing
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Orlando, Florida USA

Draft sample at brewhouse. Poured a hazy yellow color with an average fizzy white head that was mostly lasting and had good lacing. Moderate sour citrus yeast aroma. Light to medium body. Light to medium sweet flavor with a light to medium sweet finish of short duration. This beer did not meet my expectations.

At OB. At first pass I rated this beer higher. I went back to finish all the samples and the vitamin odor and taste in this beer were overwhelming. I’m not sure what they hoped to accomplish with this brew but it is a very poor offering. Just not very drinkable at all.

On tap at Orlando brewery. Pours a lightly hazy golden with a medium creamy white head that left some lacing. Aroma of wheat, cereal grains, mixed citrus...and a vitamin. Flavor of the same. First thing I thought about this beer was that it tasted and smelled lie a vitamin. Then I read the menu and noticed they add vitamins and minerals into this one...interesting.

on tap-pours a white head that bubbles and slightly hazy yellow color. Aroma is vitamins. Taste is sweet, wheat/grainy, light fruit. Light/medium body.

Draft... Same light yellow color as their blonde ale, but a touch hazy. The aroma holds less toffee and butter and has more of a multivitamin/mineral essence (think of a freshly opened bottle of multivitamins, but muted). Less sweet than their blonde ale... more crisp and bitter. The palate is basically the same, but there’s less carbonation. Short, crisp finish. Not bad for a “health beer”, I suppose.

Date: 11/17/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

hazy pale yellow, fine off white head, lots of drippy lace, strong vitamin aroma hides a touch of malt, dry malt flavor, vitamin character balances the otherwise sweet malt, the vitimins are only slightly the expected character but rather a different kind of bitterness, touch of citrus,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Sampled at the taproom. Pale lager looking body with maybe a bit more color to it. Small, loose white head that is quick to vanish. No lacing. Nose is very muted - and very watery. Grains, cardboard, flowers and caramel. Also get the weirdest sense of sticking my nose over a vitamin bottle. That smell is hard to describe, but smell a bottle of vitamins and then this beer. Identical. Flavor is a bit better, not as muted. Still not good. Thin, watery on the palate. No finish. Pretty much like drinking any of the BMC products, or water with some flavor. Your pick.

Stale cereal aroma. Pours a cloudy yellow with a thin white head that lasted maybe seconds. Tasted very light, hints of honey malt flavor, with a powdery chemical taste? Not very good beer.