Beer Tasting: Pizza Port Honey Blonde
Jun. 10th, 2023 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerTen days ago I went on a beer run at Bevmo. What was the occasion? Well, one, I was getting low on beer— actually I had nearly 50 bottles tucked away in the hobbit hole but only two varieties— and two, they gave me a $15-off-$75 coupon that was burning a hole in my pocket. Sometimes I'm easy to get going shopping... especially when the reward is tasty beer. 🛒🍺😂
I used the shopping trip to restock on some of my overall favorites from this beer tasting project, such as Estrella Reserva 1906, and new-old favorite beer I need to retry, like Fat Tire's new recipe. I also picked up some new-new beer, including Pizza Port Brewing's Honey Blonde Ale.
The latter I imagined as a great beer to enjoy on a warm afternoon outdoors on the patio. Just such an occasion arrived last weekend. Even better, I'd just done a bunch of housecleaning which was sure to make the beer extra enjoyable.
Alas this honey blonde ale was not everything I hoped. That's on me, though, not the beer. This beer is everything I should have expected from its name.
It's a blonde ale, which means it's got the stronger backbone of an ale (versus, say, a wheat lager) with a mild taste. And it's got a bit of honey which adds sweetness without being at all overdone. This would be a great beer for enjoying with food on a warm day.
Key words: with food. Unfortunately I was drinking it as a sipping beer on a warm day, hoping it would be light and clean-drinking like North Coast Blue Star Wheat or even Erdinger Weissbier. Those beers are refreshing on a warm day. Indeed I opened a bottle of the Blue Star after this and it was everything I wanted. Next time I'll be sure I open a Pizza Port Blonde when I'm enjoying a meal outdoors.
I used the shopping trip to restock on some of my overall favorites from this beer tasting project, such as Estrella Reserva 1906, and new-old favorite beer I need to retry, like Fat Tire's new recipe. I also picked up some new-new beer, including Pizza Port Brewing's Honey Blonde Ale.
The latter I imagined as a great beer to enjoy on a warm afternoon outdoors on the patio. Just such an occasion arrived last weekend. Even better, I'd just done a bunch of housecleaning which was sure to make the beer extra enjoyable.
Alas this honey blonde ale was not everything I hoped. That's on me, though, not the beer. This beer is everything I should have expected from its name.
It's a blonde ale, which means it's got the stronger backbone of an ale (versus, say, a wheat lager) with a mild taste. And it's got a bit of honey which adds sweetness without being at all overdone. This would be a great beer for enjoying with food on a warm day.
Key words: with food. Unfortunately I was drinking it as a sipping beer on a warm day, hoping it would be light and clean-drinking like North Coast Blue Star Wheat or even Erdinger Weissbier. Those beers are refreshing on a warm day. Indeed I opened a bottle of the Blue Star after this and it was everything I wanted. Next time I'll be sure I open a Pizza Port Blonde when I'm enjoying a meal outdoors.
