Cranky Reviews

Spandex?

Blonde Ale

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

Spandex?

We Must Wear Spandex!

Refined Fool Brewing Co.

5% Alcohol

Cranky old men wearing spandex?* That’s a bit of a stretch.

Time for some more armchair athlete antics from the Refined Fool summer beer league. This time from the pint pouring peloton as we follow Queen’s advice and get on our bikes and ride.** When you envision a spandex clad blonde this may not be what immediately comes to mind but it never is when it comes to a RF beer name. As far as bike riding goes, I will stick to the V-twin variety.

And as far as this beer goes, which is from my beer fridge to my glass, it has a crisp clean and clear pour, and possibly some other c-sweet adjectives. A nice malt aroma rounds out first impressions. The taste is a malt lager sweet with an edgy ale bitter. No opening, body, or closing here, it’s a Three Musketeers all for one and one for all. Now the ale bitters have backed off and it’s a smooth and refreshing ale, malty with a just right refreshing bitter ending.

Regardless of whether you work up a thirst pedaling your ass off, or cheering your team on, and regardless of what you wear while doing it, this beer league blonde hits the spot.

*Editor’s Comment: While developing polymers in the 1950’s, Dupont chemist Joseph Shivers created Lycra, the Dupont synthetic fiber which has the generic name of spandex. Although Shivers was the only name on the patent, it is unclear how well he did financially from his invention. Dupont did OK, in 2004 they sold their Lycra business to Koch Industries’ for $4.4 Billion.

**Editor’s Comment: “Get on your bikes and ride “ is a lyric from the 1978 Queen song “Fat Bottomed Girls” written by guitarist Brian May.

Final Rating: 15 out of 20 Isn’t a Stretch

Blonde Ale

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

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