Bards Tale Dragons Gold

I’m a fantasy junkie. I’m in a band that writes songs about video games, grew up on Tolkien’s LoTR and have a replica of Sting (no,not the singer) mounted on my wall. Needless to say, I was pretty turned on by the name of Bard’s Tale Beer - Dragon’s Gold. Good lord, was I wrong. This beer almost has a scent. It also almost has a flavor. It has very crisp carbonation that leaves your mouth as soon as you swallow. I’d rather have a Bud Lite than this yard-trash.

Bottle courtesy of sloth. Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells of sweet caramel, rice, cookie dough. Tastes watery with some weird underlying sweetness. Saccharine like finish.

bottled, poured clear brown (watered down cola) with NO head, aroma of something mildly sweet...not too sure what it is, huge carbonation in the mouth with flavor of....nothing. Tastes like sparkling water with a single hop leaf, not terrible, just nothing there. I feel bad rating this on ratebeer.com because it’s so far from a beer.

bottle- not too bad- fairly sweet- no noticeable hop character, no head retention, and light amount of carbonation, but drinkable in small doses. preferred redbridge.

Dragon Whiz. In Zimbabwe (which I knew as Rhodesia) the Mashona brew a substance called doro, which is made of millet or sorghum. They use bread yeast, and drink large quantities until they are bestonkered. It’s a ghastly mess, but better and safer than the water. This tasted almost exactly like that. Bottle. Poured pale gold with white foam. Aroma of caramel, and nothing else. Flavour of caramel, and water. Finish of caramel and nothing else. Pas op!.

I was at one time diagnosed (mistakenly) as having a severe allergy to gluten and was faced with the reality of having to give up beer (and most other grains) so I think this is a great product for those who cannot enjoy normal, barley-wheat-rye beers. On its own merits; it sucks. A notch above macro-swill. A little more character with some interesting toffee and earthy notes. I could toss a few of these back on a hot day with a bratwust.

Pours a pale orange with a loose-bubbled head which dissipates quickly. Aroma is sweet and slightly off, can’t quite place it - apples? Tastes of maple syrup and green apple, seems all sorghum beers have this flavour but this one is more maple syrupy than the rest. Thin body with lots of fizzy carb. If I was told this was a cider I’d think it to be sessionable, but as a beer it’s best to avoid.

gold under a small white head. aroma of caramel. flavor of butter and toffee. creamy texture. plastic aftertaste. sorghum beers suck.