Doggers Take on Grand Ridge Natural Blonde

[Dogger Dan]

For those that don't know, this is a wheat beer

Nice citrus notes with a bit of a coriander bite at the end. Some obvious phenolics but no chlorophynols which plague hoegaarden. Certainly best served cold.

I can't drink alot of these but it sure was better than hoegaarden. If you are looking for a good wheat beer with out the imported price this will do it. Good Job to the brewer.

I think it may be a bit dark for a true Wheat beer, but I can be wrong. It is certainly not as pale as some I have seen. Figured the acohol was a bit higher than 4.5 though.

Flavour becomes more pronounced and aromatic as it warms up.

Dogger

Current Rankings

4. VB Sucks
3. Grand Ridge Likely because I am not to keen on wheats but this a good representation of one and it shouldn't be overlooked
2. Jamieson Mountain ALe I liked this one
1. Beez Neez This was a good drop

Yet to come

Goat, Coopers, Little Creatures

[MHD]

mmmm.... LCPA!

[Simo]

Yet to come

Goat, Coopers, Little Creatures

that the order of your top three right there!

[yardglass]

hey DD,
i'm aware it's winter, but before tasting the CPA, get sweaty man, do some labour, shovel some snow or something, but make sure you feel like you deserve a beer before you knock the top off.

no derogatory meant my friend, this beer is best after some graft. (imo).

[Dogger Dan]

Thanks for the heads up Yard.

You know one of the most wicked brews I ever had, cut the grass on 30 plus day with massive humidity. By the end it was all I could do to get up onto the patio. Talk about parched. Cracked one open and it had evaporated in about 5 secs. Decided I better cut the beers with some ginger ale or I was going down. But that first beer, frick it was good.

SO yeh, will get some snow shovelling today, Roads are closed so I can't go in to work. Will give it a ride

Dogger

[yardglass]

shovel that snow dude

[anti-fsck]

I'm going to be a real bastard here and say I had a Grand Ridge Natural Blonde out of the tap and out of the bottle at the brewery the other week. Mmm. It does have more flavour the warmer it gets, but when it's 40 degrees in the shade you want cold.
I thought the flavours were a bit flat and watery myself.

[yardglass]

I thought the flavours were a bit flat and watery myself.

compared to ?

[db]

no derogatory meant my friend, this beer is best after some graft. (imo).

& with some bottle sediment too IMO.. try it clean 1st DD but give it a go with some sediment

[Dogger Dan]

I think with respect to the style it has more flavour than most.

Dogger

[anti-fsck]

I thought the flavours were a bit flat and watery myself.

compared to ?

Mine :) And Redback.

[yardglass]

I thought the flavours were a bit flat and watery myself.

compared to ?

Mine And Redback.

ok

[Tipsy]

I'm going to be a real bastard here and say I had a Grand Ridge Natural Blonde out of the tap and out of the bottle at the brewery the other week. Mmm. It does have more flavour the warmer it gets, but when it's 40 degrees in the shade you want cold.
I thought the flavours were a bit flat and watery myself.

Have to agree, this would probably be my least favorite Grand Ridge beer so far.