Hoptober Golden Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Autumn Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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Five hops and four malts make Hoptober Golden Ale a veritable cornucopia of the earth. Pale and wheat malt are mashed with rye and oats to create a medium-bodied ale with a creamy mouthfeel. Centennial, Cascade, Sterling, Willamette, and Glacier hops form a bonfire of citrus notes, fruity cheers and a bold finale.
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5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Why is this 6% - too strong for a hoppy golden ale. Hazy pale tan. The aroma is earthy, musty and slightly cheesy old hops. Slightly fruity with a vague malt character and an emphasis on stale hops. Like they cleaned out last year’s hop leftovers on this brew.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2011
at 20:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Nice clear golden coloured body with a dense white head of a few centimetres. Aroma of fresh bright citrus and grassy hops with a good lighter malt backbone and some fresh herbal notes. Light to Medium-bodied; Pungent fresh hop notes dominate the flavour with grassy, herbal, piney and some citrus hop characteristics really showing through. Aftertaste is more dry and light than I expected, but the hops still dominate and show very well. Overall, a nice beer - especially considering the style, definitely worth trying. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Arlington (Clarendon), Virginia on 09-September-2011 for US$3.99 sampled at home in Washington on 01-October-2011.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2011
at 22:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle. Poured a clear, light golden color with a foamy, large white head. Aroma was heavy citrus notes, biscuit malts, sweetness. Hoppy, pretty darn hoppy. Reminds me a lot of Fat Tire, but hoppier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 20:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Whole Foods- P St, DC 650ml ($5): Pours a golden color with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma is of cascade hops for the most part. Taste is somewhat bitter, with a little bit of bitterness continuing on into the aftertaste. Malt and hops are pretty well-balanced. This is basically pretty similar to most APAs out there. Drinkable, sessionable, but not quite unique.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2011
at 20:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
My first New Belgium beer about half hour into my stay in Fort Collins. On tap at some Mexican place. Pours a nice ambery gold. tastes of earthy hops, grass, dough. nice crisp carbonation, good afternoon beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2010
at 10:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft in shaker, $4.50 @ Brixie’s. The name is a bit of a misnomer to me. Led me to expect something with an Oktoberfest heritage, but not this one. In my glass, it looks like any other pale yellow beer, with a thin head, and a nondescript smell that carries only a suggestion of hops. Taste starts to bring in that western flair for hops, but against much lighter grains than a pale ale. Very spicy like Noble hops, which I now see are not part of the mix, but I did pick out the Centennial and Cascade. This beer throws in a lot of curves and surprises. I have not enjoyed many beers under the "Blond ale" banner, but this is one I do like.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2010
at 07:30