Golden Sabbath
Big Island Brewhaus in Kamuela, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.89
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A Belgian-style strong golden ale with a wondrous range of fruit flavors like plum, apricot, and cherry imparted by special Belgian yeast. Traditionally served in special goblets this style of beer can turn an ordinary lunch into an extraordinary event and a slow Sunday afternoon into a special Golden Sabbath.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Relatively clear orange and light copper coloured body with a faint, single centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of honey, flowers, yeast, coriander seed and a touch of curacao. Medium-bodied; Slightly malty flavour with some honey, yeast, bread, grain and a bit of a citrus note - not too much going on here, and aside from the sweetness, nothing as for complexity. Aftertaste is sweet - honey and caster sugar with a touch of fruitiness and a light coriander seed freshness. Overall, not too great, but a welcome variance from the IPAs that I’ve been having here in Honolulu. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from ABC Stores (Lewers Street between Kahlia and Helumoa (under an underpass) in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii for US$10,95 on 28-December-2015 sampled a day later in my hotel room here in Waikiki on 29-December-2015.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2015
at 04:20
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at Tropics. Clear golden color, medium off white head. Aroma of lightly spiced orange peel. Taste is bittersweet citrus, straw, light funk. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Dec 2015
at 17:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
650ml bottle
Pours dark reddish orange with a smooth bubbly head. Aroma of ripe fruits, sweet yeastiness, malts, honey, hints of spices. Taste is sweet, ripe fruity and yeasty with some honey and hints of spices. Finish is sweet, stuffy and yeasty with loads of ripe fruits. Decent, but a bit unbalanced.
Pours dark reddish orange with a smooth bubbly head. Aroma of ripe fruits, sweet yeastiness, malts, honey, hints of spices. Taste is sweet, ripe fruity and yeasty with some honey and hints of spices. Finish is sweet, stuffy and yeasty with loads of ripe fruits. Decent, but a bit unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 06:43
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
22oz bottle pours a clear, burnt gold with a ring of white head. Nose has big tropical fruit, candy, booze, pear. Flavor follows, booze, pineapple candy, a little banana. Slick, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2015
at 17:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Frothy white head. Amber golden. Very nice malty ready nose with honey. Quit nice. Rounded malty mouth with honey fairly present, but not over bearing. Actually quit good better than I expected.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2015
at 08:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Thanks to TimE for sharing the bottle! Poured into a tulip glass with dense honey center and semi-translucent rims with sparse white foam on the rims. The nose shows sweet malts and Belgian yeasts. The palate is full bodied, syrupy, with a light foaminess. The flavors are typical Belgian yeast but very dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2015
at 08:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a deep golden color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet Belgian malt notes with light warming alcohol is OK at best. Taste is also dominated by Belgian malt with quite a bit of residual sugar notes, some warming alcohol and light peppery yeast notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. I thought this beer was a little bit off balance with alcohol coming through a bit too much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2015
at 14:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Peach, orange, yeast, and malt aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet apple-peach, yeast, malt, and alcohol flavor. Nice body. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2015
at 21:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared by Adam, thanks! Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains with some anise and backing Belgian spice. Flavor has sweet bread and grass with a touch of Belgian spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 21:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Duchammer: Poured a golden to copper color with a whispery white head. Aroma is fruity Belgian yeast phenols and sweet bubble gum. Nice balanced mixed fruit and hops, little spice in the end...coriander possibly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2014
at 18:52