The Governator Ale
Portland Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.69
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well-hopped and a bit stronger in alcohol than most craft beers. The Governator will only be available in California through the end of spring 2004.
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DSG (25977) reviewed The Governator Ale from Portland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
[1/30/16] Bottle sample at the Encomium bottle share, after RateBeer Best awards ceremony at Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel in Santa Rosa. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Orange. Oxidation, fruits, caramel, sweet, a bit of alcohol.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle at the RBWG hotel share
Clear dark golden with a small off-white head, some lacing. Aroma is cardboard and toasted malts. Taste is similar, bready and alcohols
Past its prime for sure
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Hazy light amber liquid with small to medium white head. Aroma of raw sugar, raisins, cardboard and light port wine. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with notes of raw sugar, earth grain. Light to medium bodied with medium carbonation. Kinda flat and watery.
djd07 (28882) reviewed The Governator Ale from Portland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle thanks to Bobby. Pours a hazy orange with small frothy white head. Th aroma is bready malt and grain. Medium mouth, oxidized, toast, cardboard, dylan..you son of a bitch.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
22oz bottle pours out golden topped a small head. nose is old cardboard vegetables and sweetness. taste is more of the old cardboard vegetables and a total old mess.
Ferris (26026) reviewed The Governator Ale from Portland Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle - Old - Is old and tastes old. Oxidized mess, but fun to look at. thanks T0rin0.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
22oz bottle-thanks jtclockwork for sharing-pours a light tan ring for a head and hazy amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, raisin/prune/plum, hint of spice hops, corn starch. Taste is slight spice hops that vanishes, light medium malt-caramel.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle shared with jcwattsrugger. Pours dark amber. Nose is way past its prime - toffee, prune, raisin, plum, malt, grain, cornstarch and beets. Taste is grain, malt and cream soda. Odd.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
I think it’s back from retirement. Bomber from "Pumping Iron Brewing". Purchased at Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, CA in June 2009. It wasn’t there a few months ago. Rather ESB aroma of floral over lightly roasted caramel. Seems freshish. Poured amber with a off-whie head. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is light roast caramel with a decent amount of hop. Fits the ESB style. Finishes mildly bitter, but rather floral.
Oakes (33493) reviewed The Governator Ale from Portland Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Pulled from the vaults to make an appearance at Dr. Bill’s. Light bronze colour. Big oxidized malt nose - what can you do? It’s not entirely unpleasant, actually. Sweetish, with a hint of oxidation. For an ESB there isn’t any bitterness left in the beer. It’s perfectly drinkable but none too exciting and really, that’s whta Portland Brewng beers are like fresh.