El Toro Oro Golden Ale

12oz bottle. Fruity and spicy aroma including the likes of subdued pineapple, mango, orange, and light clove. Poured a clear golden-light orange color. The white head reduced quickly to a thin film. Light bodied and dry with citrus fruit, clove, and green vegetable notes. There were also some pale malt and cereal undertones. So so.

Picked up a single 12-oz bottle at Brennan’s Country Farm Market in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Pours a semi hazy golden blonde brew with a thin white head that quickly dissipates to a white ring. Aroma of light caramel malt, some bread character with a fruity hop scent that even has some black pepper. Taste is light to medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of light caramel malt, some light dry biscuits, flowery hops, pineapple and a touch of lemon. Finish is semi-sweet, with a dry mild hop aftertaste.

Bottle from beeronthewall. Hazy dark straw pour with 1-finger splotchy off-white head and some orange hues seeping through. The aroma is caramel malty, crisp, with hops, pineapple, black pepper, orange marmalade. Tastes very hoppy, on the dry side, citric, crisp. Almost mouth-puckeringly hoppy and citric and perhaps lacking a bit of malt in the bill, but without a doubt, this is one of the most, if not the most, hoppy and citric golden ales I have yet quaffed, and I enjoyed it a great deal.

Appearance: Pours a golden body with a foamy, white head. Smell: Aroma of dry, crumpled crackers with a light floral hop scent. Taste: Stale, forgotten crackers with only a drop of sweetness. Floral hop flavor with a bitterness that grows into the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: I wasn’t a fan of this at all.