3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a cloudy yellow color with a decent white head. Aroma of yeast and spice. Slight banana and spice flavor. Dissapointingly flat and quick to finish. Wheat and bread flavors come out as well.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Nice golden color with a thin white head and goes fast. The aroma is fruity and spicy. Flavor is sweet and spicy, good.... Mouthfeel is nice like a balanced fruity, bitterness and sweetness.
Português: Cerveja dourada com uma espuma que some rápido. O aroma é frutado e picante, sabor é o mesmo e um pouco doce. Sensação na boca é equilibrada entre o doce, urtado e o amargo!
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 oz bottle, via puzzl. Pours a perfectly clear straw yellow body under a fluffy one inch white head with decent retention. One fine bead of carbonation. What’s with filtering a BdG? The nose is light whispy straw with some light perfumy notes and a light spiciness. The flavor is way too sweet with a cheap adjunct note. Some grassy wheat and a touch of hops. Mouthfeel is light bodied and fairly watery with moderate fizzy carbonation. Not sure why this is considered a BdG versus a Golden Ale, but it clearly doesn’t come close to the classics.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, 75cl corked. (6%) Pours a clear, golden-orange body, with a big, fluffy, white head, leaving nice lacings. The aroma is mostly grainy, but it s also fruity and slightly spicy, but quite subdued. The mouthfeel is medium to full, with a good deal of co2, and sweetish. Far from overly sweet though. It has a quite fruity flavor, with grains and bitterness finding it’s way after a second or two, and some notes of cellar in the background. It finishes rather dry, with a nice fruity bitterness. A very drinkable beer, which maybe could have gotten a higher score, partly due to that, then again, maybe I was just thirsty. Anyway, I liked the bitterness in it. (071022)
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
LIttle thin in appearance, but smells nice. Very nice, not too sweet but a good odd flavor that isn’t funky. Hard to define other than I really like this.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a hazed straw gold. Virtually no head off a careful pour. Nose is slightly thick with a muted malt. Flavor is alive with character. Vibrant sugary flavor with a yeasty influence. Stays pretty smooth and consistent. Feel is nice and smooth off the liquid and has a decent amount of bubble on the tongue. Very drinkable, I say. Whereas it has no real stand out qualities, it is still easy to drink and is pretty good. I don’t think I would ever go back to it, but I can’t think of any reasons for you not to try it.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Aroma is malt, yeast, dried fruit. Gold with white head and good lace. Decent yeast earth, dried fruit malt flavors. Medium/light bodied and soft. Mild but not that bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 20, 2008 [draft at The Old Toad - Rochester, NY] Hazy amber color with a puffy white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, and yeasty. Good amount of malts. Flavor is very yeasty and spicy, almost tastes like a Belgian Ale. Fruits and citrus throughout the middle with a spicy and yeasty finish. Very smooth.
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