3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours gold into a shaker. Micro head quickly subsides to hug rim. Stale malt aromas. Sour from front to back. Lasting metallic finish.
1.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 4/20
Bottle of Hook & Ladder Golden Ale. Pours a hazy straw color with a thing ring of persistent white head. Aroma gives no indication of the burnt toast flavor that pervades this brew. Slightly vegetal as well. Metallic finish. Don’t know if I got a bad bottle or what.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Light gold color with big bubbles and a quickly fading foamy head. Aroma of straw and tart appley notes. Grassy/straw mildly sweet malt flavors with some fruity tartness, which unfortunately led to a wet cardboard finish after a bit. All in all, started off OK but went straight downhill. I guess like all basic golden ales (the beer drinking equivelant of watching paint dry), just pound it and don’t fuss over flavors and such.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
This beer had a very nice aroma of spice and lemon. The aroma followed in the taste as it was a little bit overpowering although i understand the neccessity to replicate that European Blond ale tast. Not great but at least .01$ went to local burn victims.
1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Golden-amber with thin head...watery. Floral, metallic, and grain aroma. Lemon, tangy, and mild malt. Bitter, unpleasant finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: JAN 9, 2012 This was purchased as Golden Ale by Hook and Ladder at the local Kroger’s. It poured with thick deep white head. The color was a clear light copper. The ale was thin with some bitterness in the finish. I am unsure if I would seek this ale out again.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Bottle from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Pours clear lightly amber gold with four fingers of off-white head that eventually recede to a frothy cap. Aroma is slightly weak but rather appealing - honey with bread and butter and some light hops (pine). Mouthfeel is fairly smooth but a little thin and loose. Lacing is mostly big foamy patches. Flavor is a little weak but not too bad - sort of honeyish/bready with some caramel. Light-medium bitter with a bit of a bitter bite through finish. A little weak, slightly messy and thin-bodied, fair overall.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Called Hook & Ladder Golden Ale. Decent simple beer. Some malty sweetness. Caramel malts. Light amber caramel color. Not Bad
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