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Bards Tale Dragons Gold

Bards Tale Dragons Gold

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A Specialty Grain brewed by
Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

Palo Alto, California USA

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1392.34/5.02.34/5.04.7%7.9 n/a P  Stats

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 (http://www.bardsbeer.com/).

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 argo0 (6019), Washington DC, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Dec 2, 2006  
(12oz bottle, bottled 5/30/06) Clear apple juice body topped by small but frothy off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, herbal tea, peach. Taste is medium sweet, bread, lime, some nectarine. Light body. Not saying that it’s particularly good, but it’s much better than New Grist, another sorghum beer, which I tried immediately before this one.


 kp (6000), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Name: Bards Tale Dragon’s Gold
Date: 01/25/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear dark copper, wispy dirty white head, bits of lace,
Aroma: sweet aroma with a raw sugar character balanced by light floral hops and a touch of spicyness,
Body: big body,
Flavor: sweet flavor, sugary character, light bitterness,
Overall: too sweet and raw

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.3/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4


 CaptainCougar (4601), Rockville, Maryland, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/59/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Pours a transparent copper amber with a thin, spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of sweet cane sugar and light fruity esters. Starts thin and sugary sweet with a hint of earthy bitterness toward a drier semi-sweet finish. An interesting brew, but nothing that I’d really want to drink much of.


 BückDich (4497), Boise, Idaho, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Aug 22, 2007  
Bottle: Yellow gold, light white head, light lacing. Nose of light dust and hops, some odd grainy notes. The flavor is ok, somewhat toasty and moldy, but distinctly not barley. The finish is spicy. Meh.


 hopdog (4444), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/102/56/20
Feb 3, 2007  
12oz bottle, bottled on 10/02/06. Poured a medium orangish color with a smaller sized off white head. Very sweet aroma. There’s something there I can’t quite place. Must be the sorghum. Toffee and caramel. Plastic beach balls. Sweet tastes (but not as sweet as the aromas. Caramel. Thin body.




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