S1P36 - Beer Review - Guinness Blonde

These are the beer notes from the Two Old Guys Drinking Beer S3E13 podcast.

The Brewery - Guinness

• Dublin brewery, St. James Gate, opens on 1759
• Now owned by Diageo, the worlds second-largest distiller
• Baltimore brewery opens in August 2018
• Open Gate Brewery 5001 Washington Blvd, Halethorpe, MD 
• Our site features an experimental brewery, taproom, restaurant, brand store, food truck and beer garden along with guided and self-guided tours.
• Taproom hours: Monday - Wednesday 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Thursday 3:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Friday 12:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Saturday 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM | Sunday 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
• Other beers:
• Guinness Draught
• Over The Moon Milk Stout - Baltimore
• Guinness Extra Stout
• Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
• Guinness Antwerpen - stout
• Irish Wheat
• Rye Pale Ale
• Harp 

The Beer

• Guinness Blonde 
• ABV 5%
• Aroma - Light and hoppy with floral and citrus notes
• Flavor - Complex and flavorful, hoppy and citrus on the nose
• Palate - Lively mouthfeel, crisp and refreshing with a long malt biscuity finish
• Appearance - Golden amber colored beer with a dense head
• Hops - Citra, Wilamette, Mount Hood
• Irish tradition meets American spirit in Guinness Blonde. Complex and flavorful. Light, floral and alive with citrus. This beer is perfectly balanced with a lingering malt and biscuity finish. It’s the coming together of vibrant flavors, of character drawn from both sides of the pond. And it’s come a long way to get here.
• On the bottle - We refined our original blonde recipe for brewing at our new Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House in Baltimore. The first stateside Guinness brewery since the mid-1950s.
• Available in bottles and cans
• $9.99 @ Kroger

Miscellaneous

• Sam Adams Utopia - 28% ABV. That could cause some damage.

The Review

Guinness Blonde is a refreshing beer. At 5% AVB, you can certainly have more than one at a sitting. Although labeled as a blonde, it is more fruity and hoppy than most blondes. It borders on a light IPA. That is not a bad thing. Guinness has done a good job with their first Baltimore brewed beer. Both Two Old Guys rate this a solid three (3) bottle caps out of five (5). Give it a try.

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