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Bards Tale Dragons Gold

Bards Tale Dragons Gold  - Specialty Grain

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 Percentile 
10
overall
Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Specialty Grain

Palo Alto, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1862.32/5.02.33/5.04.7%6.1Lager glass, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
This Golden Sorghum Lager will appeal to beer drinkers who prefer the lighter taste of lagers produced by the major brewers, such as Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Miller, and Heineken. This ale has a light crisp taste to meet the thirst quenching requirements of the lager style while still having enough body to interest the ale drinker during the spring and summer seasons. This beer has low bitterness and a subtle but pleasant hop aroma that will gently caress the senses.

Note: contract brewed for Bard’s Tale Beer (<A HREF=http://www.bardsbeer.com/ TARGET=blank>http://www.bardsbeer.com/).
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 HarmonKill-a-Brew (316), Wilmar, Arkansas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Mine too was sold as "Bard’s Gold" so I hope this is the right beer. Aroma and flavor were both sweet and malty. Much better than the other sorghum beer I tried (Redbridge from Anheuser-Busch)... had a genuineness that Redbridge didn’t have. Nothing special but pretty good none the less.


 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/58/20
Sep 20, 2009  
bottle - Sold as Bard’s Gold, says it’s brewed and bottled by Bard’s Tale Beer Co., Utica, NY - Pours gold with a thin white head. It smells sugary with some caramel. The flavor is sweet and sugary with a little caramel and just a touch of hops in the finish along with lingering sweetness. It’s light bodied and fuzzy. This beer is pretty lame and overpriced. I’ve had three sorghum beers now and none of them were worth much. Sorry, people with celiac disease...


 Fratto (670), Arlington, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 19, 2009    Updated: Sep 24, 2009
This was actually much better than expected. Great bittersweet aftertaste.


 DJMonarch (6036), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 26, 2009  
From the Bottle at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Floral aroma. White head. Clear golden coloured crisp and hoppy with a slightly dry malt finish.


 shp555 (1678), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/55/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Pours a copper color with a white head. Aroma is funky, spicy, and some caramel. Flavor is caramel, spicy, funky, and a bitter spicy finish.


VAAC (29), Middlebury, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Better than the average rating suggests. Unique taste up front but familiar to anyone accustomed to major brewery American beers in its finish.


 hayduke (1620), Eureka, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Jul 28, 2009  
From a 12 oz bottle this poured a light amber with a small head and no lacing. Nose is sweet grain. Mouthfeel watery. Flavor is sweet like it contains honey. If you must drink gluten free this is the one.


 smcolw (314), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/58/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Light off-white head. Lasts at a single bubble level. Light lace; it tends to slide down the glass. Clear, light amber. Strong sweet grainy smell. Reminds me very much of the British milds available in bottle in America. Almost like a scotch ale...it also has elements of Scotch itself--notable alcohol and a dry-ish finish. There’s a hop bite at the end. Not as bad as I expected--it’s certainly not a lawn mower beer.



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