Blonde Ale

Tamamura Honten “Barrel Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏)”

Name: Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 Brewer: Tamamura Honten Co./ Shiga Kogen (Japan) Style: Wild Specialty Beer (Base Style: Blonde Ale) ABV: 7.5% Review Year: 2021 Barrel-Aged Yama-Bushi Blonde #001 (木樽熟成 山伏) by Tamamura Honten Co. (Nagano, Japan) is a sour blonde ale brewed with unmalted wheat, barley, and wheat malt. This sour beer was then aged …

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Madbul Cerveza Artesana “Beat the Heat” Blonde Ale

Name: Beat the Heat Brewer: Madbul Cerveza Artesana (Philippines) Style: Blonde Ale ABV: 5.5% Review Year: 2021 Beat the Heat is the neighborhood favorite Blonde Ale of  Madbul Cerveza Artesana from Meycauayan, Bulacan. Head brewer Eric de Jesus recently won the silver medal (commercial category- American IPA) in the first Beer Competition of the Craft Beer Association of …

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The Thornbridge Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Trilogy

In this latest batch review, we take a sensory trip to Bakewell, England not for Bakewell pudding but for three barrel-aged fruit sour beers from Thornbridge Brewery. Collectively, these beers feature gooseberry, cherry, and raspberry, as well as barrels that housed formerly Red and White Burgundy. Thornbridge Brewery was created in 2005 when the founders …

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