Big Axe/South Lyndale Liquors Toffee Coffee Pumpkin Blonde

 Big Axe/South Lyndale Liquors Toffee Coffee Pumpkin Blonde.

5% ABV, Big Axe Brewing, Nisswa, MN.

I said I would review everything in my fridge, no matter what, and post my notes, unless they’ve gone bad. This can is probably a year old. No date, but it’s from last fall. Let’s see how it held up

Hazy orange hue, with floaters about, short-lived head. 

In the nose: prominent coffee notes, earthy & bitter. Pumpkin lurks just below, hanging out with toffee. 

In the mouth: pleasant, and pumpkin-y enough. Sweetness from the malt, just enough hops for the style.  Very mellow, very groovy. If you want a blonde ale with pumpkin, and some toffee and coffee, too, this one ain’t too shabby, there. 

This was probably much better fresh, but it hasn’t faded significantly. Not in its prime. 

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