Bard's Tale Beer Company Bard's Gold

Bard's Gold

 

Bard's Tale Beer Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸

  Speciality Grain - Sorghum / Millet Regular
Score
4.75
ABV: 4.7% IBU: - Ticks: 43
This Golden Sorghum Lager will appeal to beer drinkers who prefer the lighter taste of lagers produced by the major brewers, such as Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Miller, and Heineken. This ale has a light crisp taste to meet the thirst quenching requirements of the lager style while still having enough body to interest the ale drinker during the spring and summer seasons. This beer has low bitterness and a subtle but pleasant hop aroma that will gently caress the senses.
 

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4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 4
Bouteille 355ml sous le nom "Bard’s Gold Bard’s The Original Sorghum Malt Beer". De couleur orangée-dorée et claire. Nez de grains de céréales légèrement sucrées, léger de levures fruitées (pelures de pommes), léger de houblon floral avec des petites notes chimiques. Mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture légèrement aqueuse et aux petites notes huileuses. Léger goût de levures fruitées (pelures de pommes, notes de zeste d’agrumes) avec des petites traces de légumes bouillis lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de céréales sèches puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon floral avec un léger goût sucré, rappelant du caramel brûlé, qui se développe. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, légèrement amer de houblon floral avec des notes de céréales légèrement sucrées.
Tried on 05 Apr 2013 at 22:17

2.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at avrashi’s place. Thanks kerenmk. As "Bard’s The Original Sorghum Malt Beer". Hazy golden with no head. Weird cereals aroma. Very unpleasant weird cereals flavor with some sweetness and a sour edge. Light-bodied. Yuck.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2013 at 06:58

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 5
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a small white head that diminishes quickly to nothing. The aroma is corn malt and wheat. Similar flavor to the aroma. Not much going on with this one.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2013 at 11:52

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
I was lucky to find a single of this at the LCBO... as I am not a big fan of gluten-free beer. "The Original Sorghum Malt Beer" pours a golden colour with a foamy white cap that does last and gives out soapy lacing. The aroma is quite strong for this, with lots of sweetness (grape juice, honey), hay and hints of burnt plastic. Just really different. The taste is not as strong though, with watered-down apple cider and white grapes. Kind of bland. This one won’t make me a fan, but if gluten is not your thing, Brasseurs Sans Gluten brews the best ones.
Tried on 10 Dec 2012 at 16:45

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle (labeled Bard’s Gold). Sweet sugary aroma. Hazy amber with a minimal head. Spicy sorghum flavor with a dry finish. Medium body. I don’t think I like sorghum in beer.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2012 at 17:14

4.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 3.5
12oz bottle from the state store
I wasn’t expecting much and I wasn’t disappointed!
The good: Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
The medium: Aroma is bready with spices
The bad: Taste is very bisquity with some sourness
Footbalmed the rest of the glass. For some reason I also bought another sorghum beer at the same time. I’m looking forward (not) to trying it.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2011 at 14:51

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours clear light amber with medium size off-white head that dissapates quickly. Aroma is odd malt, medium carbonation, and medium body. Taste is caramel malt and an off tartness. This is not that good.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2011 at 18:36

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Location: Sampled at the NY Brewfest on Governor's Island, 6/19/10

Overall Impression: I wasn't a particularly big fan of this one. It is a basically a mediocre American style adjunct lager but with the upside that people with a wheat allergy can drink it. Light and lacking in flavor and substance. The overarching take-away from my notes is that this one "kinda sucked." I didn't write too much more down about this one beyond that.
Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2011 at 12:20

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle, $2.00 from Beer Run, Charlottesville. Pours a golden with an inch of golden head. Smells of grasses/sweet wheat. Tastes of sweet grasses and bitter leaves.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2010 at 18:00

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottled at the Bard’s/Oddfellows, Cedar City, UT. Clear deep golden, no head. Cheap tequila aroma. Sweetishwith clean mouthfeeland ligyht body. Flavour of old butter and tequila. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2010 at 00:53