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We're Really Serious? Works Reserve Stuff? I don't know what WRS stands for, but I shall not let this deter me from trying and, indeed, enjoying a beer. I feel like I've had a lot of blonde ales lately. I'm not complaining, but it really still isn't my favorite style, and I pretty much grab it when there isn't a new IPA or stout to latch onto. Maybe this'll change my mind.
I am not sure why, but the name blonde makes me assume a certain shade of beer. Inevitably, that's not the actual shade of the beer. Maybe blonde means something different in Germany than it does here in Nashville, but when you see a girl with this color hair, I'm not sure "blonde" is what you call her. Also, I would not call her dirty dishwater, as she would likely not see it as a compliment. There is very little head, and I'll get no lacing for these comments about blondes. Stone fruit and grains rise up from the beer to hit my nose, and it smells quite drinkable.
Bottom Line: Nice and approachable.
First sip is really nice. It has a little tick of bitterness and tartness at the end that adds a needed something to the otherwise relatively bland experience. Grains could not be detected in the beginning of the sip, but now that it's gone, the memory of grains still lingers with possibly some nectarine skin hanging about. I know this paragraph makes it seem like this is jumbled, but that's my thoughts, not the beer. Like I said, the sip was nice, and I suspect the swig will be, too.
Tip-in is a sizzle of carbonation with grains and light fruit juices above it. The middle continues the carbonation fizz with the fruits thinning out a bit for a very refreshing, if watery, center of the beer. The finish is where the bitterness, grains, tartness, and more discernable fruits make themselves known and hang on into the trail off.
Bottom Line: Nice and approachable.
3.25/5
