Empyrean Chaco Canyon Honey Gold

Brewed by Empyrean Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Thanks to Seymour for this one. Pours golden / orange with a small wispy head. The aroma has light, if any, roast, cream and hints of bread. Medium / light body with micro carbonation. The taste starts a bit fruity and watery with some mineral traits giving some astringency. The finish is quite phenolic. Fair.

Gold. Well balanced. Cereal. Slight yeastiness, but not cloudy. No head. Low IBU. Not much hop aroma either. OK beer. Thanks Ryan Arp.

Bottle picked up at Beertopia Omaha, opened in Exira, Iowa. Hazy peach appearance with a white head. Pretty dry, grainy, crisp pale malty, grassy aroma. Tangy, light lemon citrusy, crisp, straw flavor with a dry finish. Pretty easy drinking.

UPDATED: APR 15, 2012 Paleish gold slight haze thin head,slight froth bits of lacing. Yeasty estery with grainyness sweetness corn,pepper,vegetable,kinda funky but its kinda like helles malty bready sweet.Old pungent hops?Interesting and somewhat strangely nice.Yeah, there is some funky dankness going on here in aroma.I kind of like it though. Taste isnt too bad its bready with sweetness,orange and honey notes with citrus noticable in finish,pretty grainy ,its interesting and this is one i finally kinda like from this brewery

Thanks, Ryan. Apparently I just love Empyrean beers; I think this is another one receiving unfairly low ratings. Tasted from cool 12oz stubby bottle with mysterious native artwork, poured into a nucleated tulip glass. It poured a cloudy light orange color with a sudsy, lasting off-white head and some Belgian lace, definitely benefiting from the lack of filtering and pasteurization. Smelled of mild malt, husky grain, honey, live yeast, faint earthy and woody hops. Nice bready flavor, zesty, chalky, white crackers, mellow earthiness. Very nice, well-balanced palate: mild citric acidity but mainly smooth and satisfying with a subtly fruity ale aftertaste which eventually finished dry. Interesting and unique. If I had to compare it to something, I’d say it’s a breadier, citrusier California Common, or a less wheat-y Choc Beer. But as you can see, both styles are obscure American originals. Delicious.

Pours nearly clear gold with a thin, soapy white head. Aroma is cerealy grain, wet hay, old wet sileage, stale bread dough, a touch of floral and spicy hops. Flavor is cereal grain and quickly after that, more old, stale, wet grainy notes, spicy hops, honey sweetness to the finish. Palate is light bodied and fairly dry and a little slick throughout. The honey flavor and sweetness really stick with you on the palate, in a good way. Not as bad as my description would lead me to believe, but not very good.

12oz bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Deep golden brew with some white head. Aromas of grain and cereal with some honey sweetness. Taste is overly sweet.

Pours a hazy honey gold color. Smells of hay. Tastes of hay with a slight hint of honey.

(12oz bottle best by 5/11 thanks to bu11zeye) clear gold pour with frothy egg-shell colored head. Nose of rice, corn, old grain, cream, and rotten stuff. Taste of old corn, husks, cereal grain and a creamy body.

[Tap] Part of a sampler at Lazlo’s in Omaha. Pours a bright yellow color with a thin white head. Aroma of cereal grains and mild lemongrass. The taste is of sweet corn, sweet light malts and wheat biscuits. Very little hop bitterness in here. Noticeable sweet clover honey finish. Fine carbonation. It was OK.