Columbus Brewing Golden Ale

Brewed by Columbus Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Columbus, Ohio USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Very weak aroma. Gold. Tart, lightly sweet with mild citrus. Nice medium hopping -- a fair session brew. Finishes dry and bitter with a silky mouthfeel. Some bread/yeasty qualities in the finish.

Bottle. Pours golden with crispy white head. Smells like malted grains. Tastes bready and citrusy. Crispy body, and goes down easy, theres not a whole lot of flavor.

Draft at brewpub. Clear amber color with a moderate frothy white head that diminished slowly. Light sweet aroma. Light to medium body with a thin texture. Light sweet citrus flavor with a short finish.

Pours golden, minimal white head. Flavor is bready and citrusy, a little tart. Finish is slightly bitter and dry. This might be ideal for a hot summer day after mowing the lawn.

(12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with OhioDad, thanks Scott!) Let me cover the good points of this beer first. The clarity on this beer is very impressive; I can read the logo through the beer without even the slightest blur from haze. And so therefore, the steady rise of carbonation bubbles is plainly visible and makes for an attractive beer. The whitish head rises to the rim of the glass before settling to a ring. Unfortunately, things go down hill fast. Not only is the aroma not enticing, it’s nearly effective as a repellent. Honestly, this beer smells like stinky socks, with grain and some perfume fighting through as well. The flavor is only marginally better because it doesn’t taste like stinky socks, but it is quite grainy from start to finish, and it’s not an especially pleasant graininess either. Slight sweetness early, but that seems to fade by the finish where the grain really takes control. Bitterness is very slight. Body is light-medium but doesn’t stimulate the palate. Not a good brew at all.

12 oz bottle pours golden with a small white head. Aroma is slightly floral. Taste is light grains and lots of lemon. The first sip I thought tasted like dish soap but it does grow on you later into the bottle. On the palate this is light and definitely a summer beer. Definitely not CBC’s best brew.

UPDATED: JAN 19, 2005 Yellow color clearly; lightly veiled and much bubbly. Decided, attractive scent. Green apple aroma and wheat, intriguer. Round taste but not too much light. Fresh and of optimal duration with a sweetish end. Unusual.

Deep golden colored liquid. Nice full yellow head. Nose is mildly hoppy and medium malt. Taste is full and malty. Small amounts of grain flavor. Texture is full, but not thick. Not really smooth.

Golden in color, obviously. Mine had a head that left about a quarter of the bottle laying on the bar in front of me. I would attribute most of this to the subzero glass it was served in. After tasting I didn’t mind that I lost part of it. My worst experience for a CBC brew.

UPDATED: OCT 22, 2004 Bottle: Rating this while my head is a little stuffed up! Clear deep gold w/ a lasting white head. That’s about where my admiration stops!!!!! All I could smell was diacety, diacetyl, and more diacetyl. I have a head cold and this was still offensive!!!!!!! Very little redeeming qualities with regards to flavor or aroma. Mouthfeel was appropriately smooth for the amount of diacetyl in this beer. Lighter but not watery body, medium carbonation. Did I mention that this beer is loaded with diacetyl?!!!!! Drain pour all the way....At least this 6er. I could not even get through a single beer. I might even try to take it back it’s so bad. I’ll re rate if I get a better sample!!!! 2 more bottles...same six pack!!!! No Diacetyl in these. First 2 were offensively loaded with it. These next 2 were tomatoey and lactic!!!!! What a treat!!!! I just can't wait to see what surprises the last 2 bottles hold!!!!1

Columbus Brewing’s beers have recently reappeared on the shelves in NE Ohio, so i took the opportunity to try them all again. This is a nice mellow golden ale, sweet with lemon edges; a mostly dry and mildly hopped finish. Easy to drink and good looking too.