India Pale Ale
Alexander Keith's Fine Beers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
4.53
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Brewed without compromise, taste our heritage in this crisp golden ale with distinct drinkability. Subtle spice and herb notes from the hops and yeast come together over a light cereal grain foundation to provide a fresh easy drinking ale. The original Nova Scotia Ale and the oldest continuously brewed beer in North America: “Those who like it…”
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a bright yellow-gold color with a medium sized soapy white head that left good lacing. The aroma was tart and bitter with vague fruity hops and a bit of sugar. The flavor was tart, bitter and thin with some lemon and yeast. Medium length finish. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jul 2015
at 15:02
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Draught @ Sports station, Montreal, QC
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt and hint of grass. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt and hint of grass. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Tried
on 13 Jun 2015
at 07:27
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tall can, bought last week. inBev IPA. golden yellow 1 finger white head. Nose is light, cream-like, with banana. taste is interesting. tastes like a sweet adjunct lager. nothing really hoppy to this at all.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2015
at 19:09
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4
Bottle at my parent’s house. A very lager like clear gold. Sugary sweet light malts with some fruity notes as well. Medium bodied and pretty smooth. The taste is an inoffensive sugary sweetness with light malt notes it is ok but are you sure it isn’t a lager? Not at all what a modern IPA is more the lobotomies version that existed in the 1980s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2014
at 16:57
3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Interesting, called an IPA by the company but labeled as a golden/blonde ale on here. Here’s my take:
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a golden amber color with a less than a film of a white head. Lacing, what lacing, ha, nowhere in sight.
The smell had some weird cooked corn, uh...where’s the hop bitterness?
The taste was a weird funky sour sweet corn.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Sessionable, uh...well I guess it was though I found it hard to put down.
Overall, uh...well, there’s nothing remotely close for this to being an IPA. Is it a blonde ale as this site suggests? Well if it is, still this beer isn’t exactly one to be desired again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a golden amber color with a less than a film of a white head. Lacing, what lacing, ha, nowhere in sight.
The smell had some weird cooked corn, uh...where’s the hop bitterness?
The taste was a weird funky sour sweet corn.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. Sessionable, uh...well I guess it was though I found it hard to put down.
Overall, uh...well, there’s nothing remotely close for this to being an IPA. Is it a blonde ale as this site suggests? Well if it is, still this beer isn’t exactly one to be desired again.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2014
at 22:41
3.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
341 ml bottle. Pours a clear golden yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma is citrus with faint hops. Sweet flavour of malt, corn and light hops. Light body with watery texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2014
at 23:21