Nearly nebulous straw clear moderation with not enough floral yellow grapefruit and mandarin orange zesting to overcome astringent hop peppering and bland seltzer spritz. At least its lightly toasted white bread Pilsner-Vienna malt base sits pretty.
Tag Archives: golden ale
LORD HOBO FREEBIRD ALE
Easygoing golden ale nestles muted floral citrus spicing with sugary pale malting to its soft biscuity base. Resinous wood-dried Simcoe/Amarillo hop pungency stays mild.
14TH STAR RECRUIT GOLDEN ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, crisply clean moderation allows peppery herbal spicing to perk up mild lemon tingle and dry maize respite over crusty buttered bread spine in slightly engaging manner.
FLYING DOG MIMOSA BEER
Soft-toned Citra-hopped mimosa knockoff brings light lemon-soured orange peel bittering to spritzy champagne souring. Wispy banana-clove illusions settle beneath alongside delicate oats-dried wheat malts. Easygoing orange-juiced champagne-fizzed mimosa cocktail alternative.
ARMADILLO BRUNCH MONEY
On tap at Taverna Rossa, respectable stout-inspired golden ale succulently combines creamed coffee capaciousness with sweet maple-sugared vanilla and bittersweet black chocolate malting for rich pancake-battered brunch time dessert. Ancillary toasted coconut illusions waver.
SHMALTZ HANUKKAH IN NAPA IN JULY GOLDEN ALE W/ COCOA NIBS: CABERNET BARRELS
On tap at The Oath, silkily dry cabernet wining gains dainty cocoa nibs adjunct and tart citrus acidity above groaty barnyard acridity. Cabernet Sauvignon barrel aging leaves lightly vinous red grape tannins upon dry Scotch malting.
HARPOON SWEET SPOT GOLDEN ALE
On tap at The Oath, middling golden ale brings mild floral-spiced fruiting to subtle herbal hops and white wheat base. Lemon meringue, grapefruit, banana and mango tropicalia needs deeper penetration.
BALLAST POINT BARMY GOLDEN ALE W/ APRICOT & HONEY
Sticky honeyed apricot sweetness gets cloy above white-sugared caramel malting and phenol aspartame plasticity. White-peppered apricot, peach, fig and tangerine tang denigrated by clay-like platiscine grouting while murkily vodka-like 12% ABV astringency diminishes lacquered apricot finish.
WYNDRIDGE 10 POINT ALE
Basic dry-bodied ‘golden blonde ale’ with deeper cereal graining than floral-spiced citric hop bite. Doughy yeast informs biscuit-y barley base and light maize musk. Yellow-fruited phenols get relegated.
VICTORY SUMMER LOVE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, refreshing summertime golden ale becomes diacetyl at vegetal citric finish. Sunny yellow grapefruit tartness desiccated by sour lemon rot, raw-honeyed pale malts and grassy Simcoe-citra hop astringency. Light floral orange fruiting needs better penetration.
(POTOSI) GOOD OLD POTOSI BEER
Perfectly sessionable golden ale with polite lager-like cereal toasting, cracker-like pilsner malting and grassy hop mildness afforded clean-watered crisping. Lemon-limed carbolic fizz prickles the tongue. Delicate orange fruiting and wispy floral accents caress light mineral grain finish.
5 RABBIT GOLDEN ALE
Docile Bavarian-like moderation spreads grain-toasted caramel malting across warbled citric murk and light sugared spicing. Lemony grapefruit bittering, tangy orange diffidence, musky hemp-oiled acridity and soft hop astringency depleted by minor aspirin astringency.
