Three Fyne blonds

Pin It Now! Drinkstore, as always, strive to get whatever they can in to their tiny little shop and online store. Recently they got in beer from a Scottish brewery called Fyne Ales. It may be new to us over here, but they have been around now for about 10 years.

Starting off light with Hurricane Jack, a Blond ale that is a lovely thirst quencher. The crystal clear amber liquid and white fluffy head will have any lager drinker convinced this is their usual. If they stop to take a sniff they might get a whiff of soapy lemon. Once you take a mouthful you realise that this is far more bitter than you might expect. It was along the lines of Pilsner Urquell, or at least not too far off. There are a lot of citrus qualities going on here with a fruity vegetal middle. All in all this is a shockingly good beer to knock back in the garden.

Jarl is another blond but of a lower abv. At 3.8% this is a perfect session beer. The aroma was somewhat peppery with lemon citrus and some honey. I did not find the taste quite as appealing and found it a little metallic and watery but it was very refreshing.

Pipers Gold is not exactly billed as a blond, it is more of a regular pale ale. The aroma is some more honey and lemon with that sort of crisp lager grainy malt aroma you get from a lot of lagers. Unfortunately it gets less interesting as you take that first swallow. It is rather thin and watery although there is a nice earthy and herbal bitterness. A refreshing but uninteresting beer.