Gold Leaf Lager
Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Helles Regular|
Score
6.06
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While Gold Leaf is on the lighter side, it takes five weeks to perfect this traditional German-style lager. An homage to the days when beers were made 100% from malted barley, Gold Leaf is brewed with four European malts tempered with a touch of three imported hops. Plus, it’s got subtle bready notes. And since it’s not super hoppy or dark, this beer doesn’t hide any flavor inconsistencies. That just keeps us honest.
Malts: Pilsner, Weyermann Pilsner, Vienna, Acidulated Malt
Hops: Northern Brewer, Saaz, Tettnang
Malts: Pilsner, Weyermann Pilsner, Vienna, Acidulated Malt
Hops: Northern Brewer, Saaz, Tettnang
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Location: Draft at the Brewpub, 11/21/12
Aroma: It has a fairly light lager-style nose, with some malts, grains, and grass
Appearance: This beer pours into the glass a clear golden-white color with some medium lace
Flavor: The flavor is also pretty mild, a little bit sweet, this one has a light flavor, but a solid one
Palate: The body is fairly light, but it is not watery for style, and it has a fizzy carbonation to the finish
Overall Impression: While this was not a special beer, and I didn't love it, I definitely found some things about it that I liked. It is an easy drinker with a nice feel. The nose is kind of dull, but it steps up a bit in the areas of taste and feel.
Aroma: It has a fairly light lager-style nose, with some malts, grains, and grass
Appearance: This beer pours into the glass a clear golden-white color with some medium lace
Flavor: The flavor is also pretty mild, a little bit sweet, this one has a light flavor, but a solid one
Palate: The body is fairly light, but it is not watery for style, and it has a fizzy carbonation to the finish
Overall Impression: While this was not a special beer, and I didn't love it, I definitely found some things about it that I liked. It is an easy drinker with a nice feel. The nose is kind of dull, but it steps up a bit in the areas of taste and feel.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2012
at 13:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From tap at Churchkey. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, light cornish and grassy. Bitter, straw and grassy. Dry, grassy and bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2012
at 18:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Grain and malt nose, wheaty. Crystal clear pale yellow, medium sticky head. Grain dominated flavor, tangy. Alcohol a little more noticeable than it should be. Menu at the brewpub lists this as a pilsner, but it seems more like a helles. Good.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2012
at 17:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
on tap-pours a thin white head and pale yellow color. Aroma is hint of light malt. Taste is sweet light malt/grain, secondry spice hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2010
at 21:13
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
On tap at the brewpub on 08/23/2009. Clear golden body with a small white head. Sweet honey and pilsener malt aroma. Sweet honey and light grassy bitter flavor. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation. 5/2/7/3/12 - 2.9 On tap at the brewpub on 01/17/2009. Clear pale golden body with a medium frothy white head. Sweet honey and grain aroam. Grain and some bready malt flavor with light hops. Light body with moderately high carbonation. 4/1/5/3/9 - 2.2
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2009
at 19:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a straw color with a medium head, good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bitter and grassy hops. Taste is grainy malts with some caramel notes and light hops. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Dec 2008
at 23:16