Robinson's Dizzy Blonde
Style: Golden Zesty Ale
Alcohol Content: 3.8%
From: Hillgate, Stockport, UK
Purchased from: Morrison's
Purchased from: Morrison's
Robinson's is a family-run regional brewery founded in 1838 by William Robinson at the Unicorn Inn, Stockport, England. The brewery is now called the Unicorn Brewery. Robinson's brewery was founded by William Robinson at the Unicorn Inn, Lower Hillgate, Stockport, on 29 September 1838. It continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over the Hartley brewery in 1982, closing down the Ulverston plant in 1994 and transferring the Hartley brands to the Unicorn brewery. Robinson's have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915); T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926); Kay's Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery supplies its own estate of just over 360 public houses, mostly in North West England, but including more than 30 in North Wales; it also sells to the free trade. In addition, the company provides casking, kegging and bottling services to other brewers from its site at Bredbury, a short distance from the main Unicorn Brewery.
On the front of the bottle you are greeted with an image of a very buxom blonde named Peggy. Peggy is very reminiscent of the ladies the America bomber crews, used to paint on their planes during World War Two. As a keen reader of military history, this image drew me straight to the bottle.
Colour: This beer is a beautiful golden yellow with a ever so slight brown hue. On the pour you get a glorious white head that unfortunately disappears after a couple of minutes in the glass. The beer is also very heavily carbonated. Perhaps that is why they call it zesty? This beer is really going to tingle on the way down I can already tell.
Aroma: When you first wake up and fancy some breakfast, what would you go for? If you are like me, you may reach for marmalade on toast. This beer ouzes orange marmalade notes with hints of freshly cut grass. If you sniff deeper you can pick up a few herbal notes like the warmth of ginger and the crispness of dill.
Body: This ale is extremely light and refreshing. The bubbles will tickle your throat all the way down. This is a very easy to drink beer. Dizzy blonde started life as a seasonal summer ale and as it was so popular Robinson's decided to brew this beer all year round. I can certainly see why as it will refresh you after a long hard day at the office. Time to get busy with the fizzy as soda stream would say.
Taste: So we come to the most important element of the review. The tasting. First thing I noticed about this beer was that it was not overly flavorsome You really have to think long and hard about the flavors that come from this beer. But, I like a challenge so here we go. Just like on the nose you get a lovely citrus orange taste that contains warming ginger notes. This taste comes from the Amarillo hops used in the making of this beer. These hops give of the taste and aroma that is best described as flowery, spicy and citrus-like with a distinct orange bouquet.
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Colour: This beer is a beautiful golden yellow with a ever so slight brown hue. On the pour you get a glorious white head that unfortunately disappears after a couple of minutes in the glass. The beer is also very heavily carbonated. Perhaps that is why they call it zesty? This beer is really going to tingle on the way down I can already tell.
Aroma: When you first wake up and fancy some breakfast, what would you go for? If you are like me, you may reach for marmalade on toast. This beer ouzes orange marmalade notes with hints of freshly cut grass. If you sniff deeper you can pick up a few herbal notes like the warmth of ginger and the crispness of dill.
Body: This ale is extremely light and refreshing. The bubbles will tickle your throat all the way down. This is a very easy to drink beer. Dizzy blonde started life as a seasonal summer ale and as it was so popular Robinson's decided to brew this beer all year round. I can certainly see why as it will refresh you after a long hard day at the office. Time to get busy with the fizzy as soda stream would say.
Taste: So we come to the most important element of the review. The tasting. First thing I noticed about this beer was that it was not overly flavorsome You really have to think long and hard about the flavors that come from this beer. But, I like a challenge so here we go. Just like on the nose you get a lovely citrus orange taste that contains warming ginger notes. This taste comes from the Amarillo hops used in the making of this beer. These hops give of the taste and aroma that is best described as flowery, spicy and citrus-like with a distinct orange bouquet.
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