Yeah, it's been a while, but summer happened. The highlight so far was seeing Furthur at the Mann Music Center! But anyway it's been a tough time getting to the blog. Of course, Untappd is loaded with new beers for me! I have close to 50 badges now!
Tonight's beer is called a Farmhouse Ale (from France) but is actually classified as an American Blond Ale which is basically lager like, or Kolsch like, or even, like in this case, Farmhouse like. It can be lightly malty with subdued fruitiness and medium hopped and should be very drinkable just as this one is.
The beer poured a clear and light gold in colour with a typical lager like thin white head and faint lacing.
The aromas are of sweet pale malt, biscuity and mildly fruity (pear and some lemon) yeast, some light notes of honey and maybe some grassy hops albeit very light just as the lemon is.
It's a pretty well balance between earthy hoppiness and pale malt sweetness aided by lemon and honey. It's delicious and very well done. The finish borders on dry with a mild lingering hop bitterness with faint notes of pepper. This is a good beer!
The mouthfeel is smooth and the body light, but not watery like I have read. The carbonation is medium or just over, but not hot in the least.
Overall, I feel this beer meets all the criteria of an American Blond Ale and many of a Farmhouse Ale as well as they seem similar and in that respect I am going to give it high marks. To add to that, the extreme pleasantness of this beer is also going to get it a great score and I don't see why it has gotten lower scores on Beer Advocate but I am going to give it a solid 4 out of 5.
Hey, if you like that lager that you have been drinking your whole life, this is a perfect beer for you to change it up and live a little! Life is too short to drink crappy beer!
Wiss
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