shrubber85 (14995) - Greenville, Indiana, USA - SEP 8, 2006Bottle. Light sweet malt and paper aroma. Yellow with moderate head. Bland wheat flavor - really nothing unique. Wasn’t really offensive when I drank it but looking at the other ratings, it must have went even more down hill before they went out of business.
KAggie97 (3529) - Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA - APR 29, 2005If this were my dog, I’d friggin’ shoot it. If this were a dog in the pound, I shut the lid on the euthenasia tank myself. Absolutely horrid, with an adjunct that has to be wood chips. The malt tastes like fresh dirt from a junkyard, and the hops scream rancid potatoes. If this is an American wheat, let’s all move to Canada.
Kevin (2228) - Montana, USA - APR 21, 2005so when you finally realize that the woman you have been after is just going to keep rejecting you, partly due to some asshole friend who introduces a smooth talking pretty boy into the situation you start thinking you need to suffer, no, you deserve to suffer. because apparently you are not good enough for anyone, so grab a bubba dog, hate yourself, treat yourself like the broken piece of empty crap you feel like, ahh, nothing like a bubba dog with its amber pour and ring of white head to make you feel like you are really paying for your sins. so when you decide you don’t deserve anything good, stick your nose in a glass of this and take in grainy aroma of dead bananas and self pity. oh yeah, now your paying, now you feel the same pain physically that you do emotionally, yeah balance is cool, just take another drink of this twinge inducing beverage. tastes like wood shop. rancid pop tart finish. lingering finish of caramel and slick oily clay. yeah, i’m a worthless piece of crap and this beer goes great with that outlook. but i’m gonna drink the whole damn thing.
Nuffield (4372) - Roseville, Minnesota, USA - MAR 23, 2005The name is reasonably befitting for this beer--a Golden Retriever is a dog that is friendly and familiar, if not exceptionally unique. This is a straight-up American wheat, pouring a standard bronze/brown with a middling head. Unremarkable and reclusive aroma, perhaps a bit cardboardy but otherwise lacking the sour edge that sometimes troubles Great Grains beers. Some malty hints, slightly caramel, watery, with a late metallic twinge. Decent carbonation, giving it a bit of life. Not a terrible beer at all, just run-of-the-mill like your average Golden Retriever.
Walt (2449) - Austin, Texas, USA - NOV 5, 2004Poured hazy brownish amber with mild off white head...smell is malty and is indeed of cardboard...taste is thin and watery and nutty...metallic and fizzy...not good at all...
IndianaRed (8537) - Boise, Idaho, USA - OCT 23, 2004Bottle pours a very cloudy unfilterd honey color with a huge coarse foamy white head that is maintained very well. Aromsa are of honey and cardboard, light malts and a little fruity hops. The flavors leave much to be desired. Metallic, rusty burnt. Just all around not good. "This award winning beer" WTH !?!
Still, thanks to Kaggie97 for this unique brew. Hey Cool! My new loest ever rating. W00t
Lumpy (1802) - Carrollton, Texas, USA - AUG 15, 2004Bottle. HUGE foamy head on a hazy gold body. Smells like really sweet roting fruit. Taste up front is simpily of a bad wheat, but the aftertaste is bad wheat plus vinegar. This is the last straw. Great Grains needs to throw the towel in. Their beers suck ass.
GiddyBoy (121) - USA - APR 4, 2004Hmmm, I never would have guessed that something called "Bubba Dog" would be my 100th brew. As the bottle states, this is a foggy pour. It is decently heady and is not overpouring to the nose. It has decent taste, however it is noticeably hollow. An OK lawnmower beer, but not a recommended beer for body and unique palate.
Dogbrick (18508) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - FEB 2, 2004Pours like apple cider with no head or lacing. The aroma is sourish and fruity. Slick and undercarbonated body, with a really unpleasant flavor. I didn't even know this was supposed to be a wheat beer. The flavor is kind of what a Flemish Sour would taste like if it sat out for a couple days. It is just sour and fruity throughout. The finish is fruity like cider and the tart sourness lingers. So far the Yellow Rose beers have been thorough disappointments.
3fourths (9492) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - OCT 25, 2003UPDATED: OCT 28, 2004 Smells like a compost heap full of old rotting vegetables. Thin as hell, mouthfeel (not taste) like weak coffee, with no carbonation.. seems like a mixture of 1/2 beer and 1/2 water. Tastes like bland notebook paper and tobacco, with an absolutely empty and awful finish. Tastes like dirty dish water left in a sink.