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Saltspring Golden Ale

Saltspring Golden Ale

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A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
Gulf Islands Brewery

Salt Spring Island, Canada

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142.78/5.02.78/5.05%34.5 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Salt Spring Golden Ale is made with the finest Canadian two-row barley and hops from Salt Spring Island and the Pacific Northwest. This ale boasts a nutty flavour, citrus notes and a beautiful golden colour.

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 DuffMan (1915), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 31, 2008  
Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a dense white head displaying excellent retention and ringing lace down the whole glass. Curious aroma of sweet malt with a hard-to-place character... shortbread?.... vanilla?... macadamia nuts? Not sure, but intriguing. There is a peachy fruity character as well. Creamy mouthfeel with an interesting herbal hoppy finish. A nice surprise!


 Beershine (1201), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 20, 2007  
Floral, hoppy nose. A pure golden color and surprisingly complex body has nutty overtones. This is quite good really, with a nice hoppy aftertaste. Balanced.


 tiggmtl (4169), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/54/101/59/20
Apr 24, 2007  
Lemon, lychee and peaches in a fairly sweet and grassy aroma. Slightly hazy golden body is topped by a low white head that recedes rapidly to ring. Flavour is deinitely quite peachy with grassy hop notes but the lemon character is quite strong and there is some acetic sourness. Toasted malt character swims into focus briefly in the aftertaste. Light body with strong but shortlived carbonation and very watery texture. Tulip glass. Fridge temperature. Bottle (BCLS @ 39th & Cambie, Apr-07).


 Lubiere (3182), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Aug 20, 2006  
Golden ale with floaties, and a thick white head. A rather citrusy aroma, like a lemon infusion. In mouth, a watery malt with lemony notes, showing lactic acids, thin and bad. Seems they have problems bottling...


 CapFlu (3254), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Jun 25, 2006  
(650ml bottle) Purchased at the BC Liquor Store in Ganges, Salt Spring Island. Headless with a cloudy light body. Nose of fruity peachees. Flavour is thin with PNW hops. Good.




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