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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/).
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 ratman197 (3137), Arvada, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/104/59/20
Jan 24, 2008  
Bottle poured a clear amber with a small diminishing amber head. Aromas of carmel and light vinegar like aroma ( possibly sorghum?). Palate was lioght bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, straw and a light hint of fruitiness with a crisp ligfhtly bitter finish.


 Crafty07 (391), Florence, Kentucky, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Jan 23, 2008  
Shocker, this beer gets a poor review from ratebeer. This is only the second grain-free beer I’ve tried and I’d like to tell you its terrible but I can’t. It your basic light lager with a bit of sweetness and it’s still better than Bud,MIller, or Coors. Don’t let the geeky fantasy game name throw it, it’s not bad.


 edden (927), cow- lumbus, Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/58/20
Jan 12, 2008  
1/12/08: Bottle.
Clear orange bodied with a heavy honey nose. Reminds me a lot of honey flavored cough syrup with some grains mixed in.


rob897 (62), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/510/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Gold color pour with no head. Interesting taste to say the least. Almost like a Non Alcoholic beer. Not terrible but if I needed to drink gluten free beer, this would be ok.


 a10555 (123), West Chester, Ohio, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/101/55/20
Dec 30, 2007  
This was just awful, like sucking down sugar water. I took one drink and dumped it out. Sweet Sweet Sweet that’s all i got.


 Pwn3d (1036), Manhattan, New York, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/103/58/20
Dec 26, 2007    Updated: Jan 6, 2008
Too much carmel in the nose. Offensive off beat malt taste. Zero carbonation. Different, but a very pour alternative grain ale. I do like the medieval styling


 jredmond (1015), New Jersey, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/103/511/20
Dec 25, 2007  
12 oz bottle split with Pwn3d. Body is golden brown. Aroma is caramel and malt. The taste is malt, watered down soda taste - not good.


 bhensonb (4182), Woodland, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/510/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Rather different sort of aroma; maybe a bit caramel. Solid amber color with wholly non-retentive head. Starts quite sweet. Near medium body with mild carbonation. The finish is rather caramel sweet with no detectable bitter. It’s ok, but ... On the other hand it is incredibly better than Bud!! Might be a little bitter building over time. Certainly not offensive.



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