Blonde ales are classic summer beers; light and refreshing, they are perfect for enjoying out in the sun. "Blonde ales" are made in various beer cultures, but this one is an American-style blonde, and for this we added a heavy dose of cascade hops with Amarillo. This combination adds sweet citrus and grapefruit character, with further fresh pine flavours, giving an overall more "classic" American hop profile. We used a concentrated NUVO Cascade Hop powder as a boost, letting the cascade express more of a fresh hop character without adding too much bitterness or organic material. These hops are expressed over a simple and clean malt base of Pilsner malt, with just a little light Munich malt to give the beer a cracker and biscuit-like malt sweetness. This beer has a crisp and clean dry finish, being fermented with a California style ale yeast, and at 4.5%, this is a beer that you can have a few of even in the hottest of Kyoto summer days.