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Sparhawk Golden Ale

Sparhawk Golden Ale

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A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
Casco Bay Brewing

Portland, Maine USA

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232.53/5.02.55/5.04.86%17.6English pint, Shaker P  Stats

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Brewed by Casco Bay for Sparhawk Brewers

Sparhawk Golden Ale is a new beer from a new brewery, Sparhawk Brewers, established April of this year in South Freeport, Maine. Sparhawk Brewers is extremely pleased to announce the launch of it’s first beer, Sparhawk Golden Ale. Crystal clear with a beautiful golden amber color, Sparhawk Golden Ale is a refreshing balance of malted sweetness, mellow hop flavor and a crisp clean finish. Brewed in Portland, Maine. Sparhawk Golden Ale will be available for distribution in September.

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 Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/104/514/20
Nov 6, 2003  
Full gold colour. Fresh grain aroma with light orange and lemon. Funky flavour – like biting on citrus but without the huge bitterness. Crisp, refreshing. Finishes a little faint and watery, but still carries some respectable hops. I had this very fresh, and I doubt this is a beer that will travel well.


 muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
May 31, 2005  
12 oz bottle. Clear gold, smallish lasting white head...faint, light malts and sweet lemon in the aroma...body is metallic-tinged Sprite, with little malt and only a faint touch of dry hops...quite drinkable but that’s about it. Good for a hot day after you’re too drunk to taste much.


 ClarkVV (3547), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 14, 2005  
New 2005 bottle, probably only a month or two old. Pale-golden color, with some light copper hues and plenty of tiny bubbles rising rapidly. Small white head, mostly disipating. Aroma has bits of spicy hops, honey and almonds from the pils malt and a bit of dusty yeast. Flavor shows a very reserved malt sweetness, balanced well by the light hops. A vigorous carbonation, little bit of paperiness on the finish. Flavor slowly recedes from the opening notes. Light bodied.


 Eyedrinkale (3111), Beer Town, New York, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/58/20
Sep 12, 2005  
Draft. Light gold color with a small head. Aroma just reeks of adjuncts and grains. Taste is watered down orange and apple juice with some cereal thrown in. In fact, you could say it’s a light liquid breakfast but that would make youthink there was some real flavor in this. I guess this is a new company contract brewing. I really hope they revise the recipe.


 Volgon (2462), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/59/20
May 11, 2005  
Bottle, best before 07/09/05, drank on 05/11/05: Light cloudy orange/yellow with a thin white head, lightly sweet aroma with some pear, starts and ends lightly bitter, with a slight stale ending.



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