I like a coffee blonde ale, and my favorite is Wooden Robot Brewery’s Good Morning Vietnam. I used that as a benchmark for other coffee blondes. This beer is Southern Range Brewing Co. Energizer Blonde Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale. This ale is 5.4% ABV and brewed in Monroe, North Carolina, with coffee and vanilla. This ale pours blonde with a one and a half finger white sticky head. It leaves behind nice lacing in the glass. The aroma is light vanilla and mostly coffee notes. The flavor is coffee, faint vanilla, and light bitterness. This ale is not great in flavor. It clashes and has a light black pepper taste. This beer has a sweet and bitter finish with roasted coffee notes that all still come across as peppery. The aftertaste is fading coffee and vanilla. I would not have Energizer Blonde. I give it a D. It is like bad vanilla-flavored coffee. The bitterness doesn’t help either. I do not recommend this Southern Range Beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!
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