Russian River Aud Blonde
Aud Blonde may be the lightest colored beer we have ever brewed at Russian River Brewing Company, but don't be fooled into thinking that this beer is light in flavor. It has a refined characteristic, which can be contributed to us blending pilsner malt with a unique hop called crystal. The distinctive characteristic of the crystal hop lends a citrus, almost eucalyptus quality in the aroma and mouth feel of the brew, while leaving the beer with a long dry finish.
3.3
226 reviews
Santa Rosa, United States
Community reviews
Draught at Russian River, Santa Rosa. Clear pale golden beer with a small offwhite head. Hoppy citrus aroma, perfume, grapes, some spices. Hoppy spicy flavor, citrus, grapes, hay notes. Ok.
Taste at pub. This is the beer for the buddy you bring along that doesn’t like anything other then light beer. Its a start I guess. Just your basic blonde ale.
Pours a light golden with a sticky white head. Tart nose. Faint tart flavor. Unassuming, easy drinking. Bitters, but not terribly.
August 3, 2016 - on tap at RRBC. Clear golden pour with nice amount of head. Light hops and grain in aroma. Taste had a touch of grapefruit.
Sample at brewery. Very light and refreshing. Full of citrus hop flavor. Could drink several.
On tap at Russian River Brewing in Santa Rosa, CA-USA. Piss-like pale gold color :-) clear. Little white foam. Nose: grapefruit, Yasmine. Mouth: grapefruit still, lager feeling with a nice hoppy dry finish.
Draught @ Russian River Brewing, Santa Rosa, California
W aromacie grejpfrut i gorzka pomarańcza. Piana wysoka, biała, bujna. Umiarkowana faktura.
Nisko alkoholowe. Lekkie, przyjemne grejprutowe Ale. Bez wad, ale również też bez większych uniesień i fascynacji.
Tap to glass @ Russian River Brewing tap room@ Santa Rosa,CA
Appearance: pale, clear with medium white head, lacing
Aroma: hoppy
T: medium bitterness
MF: abrupt finish, but low bitterness lingers, strong carbonation but drops quickly
OA: Very good beer ok to repeat/buy but not look forward to
Drank April 14, 2016 9pm
@ Russian River 16-3-7: Mycket lätt med enbart små toner av örtor. Det blir alldeles för tunt och intetsägande.
On tap at RR. Poured clear yellow with white head. Aroma malty super hay. Light carb med bod. Taste drying full grain.
On tap at the brewpub. Clear gold with tenacious creamy white head. Aroma is grainy, nice Belgian yeast, light grassy notes. Taste is bitter, very grainy, light Belgian yeast. Palate is med bodied, dry, med carbonation. Good.
Draft at the brewpub. Pours clear yellow with a frothy white head. The nose has biscuits, hay, cereal, pale grains. Light sweet flavor with moderate pale grain husk bitterness, more hay, dry cereal, wheat, straw. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry finish, with more grassy bitterness, grain husk, hay. Nicely balanced stuff. Very drinkable.
Draft sample at the brewpub, Santa Rosa. Very pale yellow coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is light grains, pils. Little zesty citrus, floral hop. Flavour is composed of pils grains, honey, floral Nobel hop. Little medicinal hop. Palate is light. Grainy, moderate carbonation. Pretty sessionable.
Draft to taster at the brewpub. Looks solid; a transparent gold with white lacing and lively carbonation. Smells of mild biscuit aalongside a touch of hops. Tastes like it smells, but more bitter than biscuity. Mouthfeel is medium light-bodied and fairly dry. Not bad, but unmemorable.
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow gold with small creamy white head that lasts. The aroma is wheat and citrus. Thin mouth, citrus, wheat, bitter, dry finish, very good.
Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow on tap with fluffy white head that dissipates to leave good lace. Aroma and taste of nice bready grain with good citrus hop notes. Soft bitterness that leaves quickly, really nice for hop lovers.
Tap poured clear yellow with a medium white head and nice lacing. Aromas of sweet malt, grain, with a mild bitterness in the finish.
Draft to taster at RR brewpub
Hay and very light funk.
Yellow, very clear, white head, good lacing.
Hops, wheat, grapefruit. It’s too bitter without some good malt balance.
Sampler at the brewpub in Santa Rosa. Hazy golden color with small white head. Some grapefruit, floral-herbal, grainy-malty. A nice dry golden Ale, but well... Not my style again.
3 oz chilled pour from tap into cylindrical taster as part of Russian River’s “everything on tap” sampled (16 beers this time around) at the brewery itself. I realize that drinking 16 different 3 oz pours is not ideal for proper rating, but when will I ever have an opportunity like this again?
Great body. Flavor is subtle. Very drinkable.
Draught at the Russian River Brewing Co, Santa Rosa, CA.
Cloudy yellow colour with a small to mid-size white head.
Mild sweet malty aroma.
Dry hops, moderate bitterness and grainy maltiness in the flavour.
Bitterness stays.
on tap at the brewery; gold color; mld malt aroma and flavor; not sweet like many blondes tend to be; floral hop notes
This poureda lighter golden color with a white head. Aroma was of grassy hops and light Belgian yeast. Flavor was similar. Nothing wrong with it, but a little bland from these guys.
Pale yellow color, nice lacing. Arom ais light. Little bit of leon and grapefruit. Not much going on there. Flavor is maize, malts, little bit of hops. Would pair really well with tortilla chips or Mexican food, I feel.
On a marathon tasting flight at Russian River. Pours light clear yellow. Meh.
(En fût au O’ Brien’s pub): Une croûte céréalière légèrement miellée et propre qui se laisse aguicher par des houblons agrumés et délicatement parfumés. Une fabuleuse concoction au service d’une buvabilité pure.
Pale straw yellow... Aroma of pale malts, pils... Flavor is perfumey malts, hint of earthy bitterness... Decent
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Draft at the brewery with Linh. Pours a clear golden body with no head. Aroma is muted overall - light spice and grass. Mouthfeel is thin with notes of grass, clean malt, soft grain and bread. Light overall.
On tap at Russian River. Aroma is of light cereal grains with a touch of sweetness and very nice floral hop notes. Pours a light straw color, white head has good retention and leaves lots of lacing. Nice Pils malt notes, low/medium bitterness, some citrus, finish is clean and dry. Light body, medium carbonation.