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RATINGS: 123   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.13   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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Legend Golden ale is an IPA that is deep golden in color and not hopped as heavily as some other interpretations. This Legend cult classic has a full body and is very high in alcohol, at over 7% by volume. It is hopped with Mt. Hood for balance.


3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
GreenDragon (219) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 4, 2006
Pours with a creamy medium white head on a golden body. Mild malty aroma with some hops filtering through. Strong allspice flavor initially. The hops kick in later. Good dry body with a decent amount of alcohol warming.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
raiderfost (168) - virginia beach, Virginia, USA - NOV 18, 2007
Lucky for the people of Legend I am in such a good mood due to my fantasy teams destruction today i didnt give this beer a worse rating. Pours a golden color with a gigantic white head.Not much aroma to speak of. A very slight hoppy finish but you can no way call this a IPA. Very disapointing for my home state.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
bonvivant (168) - Smithfield, Virginia, USA - MAY 23, 2003
I found this to be a very good and well balanced IPA.Nice caramel notes that enrich the hop character.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
performula (148) - Heart of the Rockies, Colorado, USA - OCT 8, 2007
Pours gold with huge amounts of head. Glass still had leftover head caked on after a few hours. :) Tastes of small hops, but I didn’t get a taste of an IPA. No citrus backbone, no spices, kind of blah - of this is indeed an IPA. Might have to sample this one again.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
RazingDreamz (123) - North Carolina, USA - DEC 25, 2005
I thought this was an IPA... the label fooled me with the "Golden Ale" bit. Very hoppy, obviously. Orangish-golden color, plentiful head. Typical IPA aroma, characteristic taste. Nothing to write home about it, but a fairly good representative of its style.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
brucebruce81 (104) - Wyoming, USA - DEC 1, 2011
this beer has a hint of the IPA style but it’s not as strong as the others. I really think that its a good beer.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
hurleymanvw (101) - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA - APR 17, 2005
Another golden color beer from legends with a decent head. Very citrus in smell with a very light hop bite. Not too bad and drinkable for an IPA but for an IPA lover it will disappoint.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Guyute_Pig (77) - Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA - SEP 2, 2010
22oz. bottle. Golden pour with nice head. A little light hops on nose. Not much of an IPA, tastes like a blonde/IPA mix to me with very little bitterness/hop flavor. Average at best.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
wickster (65) - fort wayne, Indiana, USA - APR 18, 2012
This bottle has a unicorn on it...yeah, that should have been a warning right there. It kind of tastes like what I imagine unicorn pee filtered through hay might taste like. All in all not the worst beer I have had...but certainly not one I’ll be keeping in my stable

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BrewmeisterEd (61) - USA - OCT 7, 2007
good all around ale - not too hoppy, a little less carbonation than a lot of ’standard’ ales...a bit of a sourdough aroma - but in a good way, not skunky or anything of the sort...didn’t taste at all like 7% alcohol - not at all ’hot’ - bit of a tangy after-taste...a good choice for NFL Sunday!


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