Yellow Donkey
Santorini Brewing Company in Santorini, South Aegean, Greece 🇬🇷
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.10
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Yellow Donkey relies on a mixture of hops including Aurora and Styrian Golding from Slovenia, Cascade from Oregon, and exotic Motueka from New Zealand, which produces a refreshing citrus taste, as well as contributing natural antioxidants and antibacterial elements. Slightly bitter tones refine and invigorate the overall flavor, creating the perfect accompaniment for a meal by the sea, relaxing at the beach or hanging out at a favorite watering hole.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at home. Pours a cloudy yellow colour with a medium, off-white head. Aroma of hay, citrus, barnyard, vinegar, forest floor and gooseberries. The flavour has sweet malt, grains, bread and citrus. Slick and light bitterness, and has a light bitterness. Interesting aroma but the taste is very malty, and a bit boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2014
at 02:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle, L-292/13, from Vinmonopolet Bestillingsutvalget. Two-finger sized white head slowly fading over a partially hazy golden body. Fragile lacing. Fruity aroma, grass and peach. Mid sweet pale malty flavours joined by peach and notes of yeasty fruitiness. Dry ending. Medium bodied. Okay, standard stuff (shared with friends at Finns place, Tromsø 09.04.2014).
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2014
at 11:40
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Golden-yellow colour with a white head. Aroma is citrus, malt, yeast. Flavour is citrus, malt, yeast, milky sourish. Boring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2014
at 22:40
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
33cl bottle from Vinmonopolet, Lambertseter. Pours slightly hazy golden with a lasting white head. Fruity and yeasty aroma with notes of soap, perfume and flowers. A bit yeasty and mildly hoppy with hints of citrus an tropical fruits. Medium sweet with soapy and candy like flavours and a fairly light bitterness. Not quite my cup of tea. Would actually prefer tea instead...
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2014
at 13:02
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Clear golden color with a white head. Fine lacing.
Aroma: Yeast, citric and fruity.
Palate: Medium body. Slightly sweet, and a moderate bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Mild farmhouse yeast, citric and fruity.
Overall impression: Well I do not think the brett a like taste was intended. Maybe some infection going on. But they were lucky. It made this beer quite interesting and tasty. The bottle had a lot of sediments in the bottom. I avoided them, and I think you should do also!
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Ski, Norway
Aroma: Yeast, citric and fruity.
Palate: Medium body. Slightly sweet, and a moderate bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Mild farmhouse yeast, citric and fruity.
Overall impression: Well I do not think the brett a like taste was intended. Maybe some infection going on. But they were lucky. It made this beer quite interesting and tasty. The bottle had a lot of sediments in the bottom. I avoided them, and I think you should do also!
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Ski, Norway
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2014
at 12:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Flaske 0,33l. Gave fra Rune. Batch 292/13. Drukket på RV124 16 Feb 14. Gyldenbrun. Litt uklar. Litt skum som forsvinner nesten helt. Bra sitrusaroma med innslag av krydder. Sprudler litt på tunga. Smaken er sitrusfrukter med underliggende gjær. Bra tørsteslukker som ikke blir for søt. Litt bunnfall. KI=1
Tried
on 25 Feb 2014
at 04:59
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
0.33l bottle. Leaving it alone on the kitchen table after popping the cap is dangerous. It wants out of the bottle after a while and then you have to use the good old vaskeklut. Anyhow, it pours a cloudy orange looking one with a small lightly lacing just off-white top. On the nose I get a little bit of sweet fruits blended with dry clementine zest, light citrus and grapefruit bitterness. Definitely not extreme but it smells alright I have to say. Tastes alright as well. Feels soft oily in the mouth and it has a big bubbled average carbonation level. Soft grassy and zesty flavors. This and a little bit of hay dryness going on. Mellow and gentle bitterness all the way before it goes a light mouthdrying finish and aftertaste that also has hints of yeasty melon. Doesn't taste directly bad or unexciting at all, but it's still a beer I know that I won't be purchasing again. 20.12.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2014
at 01:01
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle, 33 cl. It pours almost clear, with micro sized floaties. Golden in color, with a dense off-white head leaving lacings. Milky sour aroma with yeast and fruityness. The flavor more or less the same, with less milky sourness, and with some bitterness. Fizzy on the palate, medium body fullness. Some bitterness in the end. Seems to have been quite nice when fresh, but it certainly isn’t now. 140110
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2014
at 09:23
6/10
Tried
on 01 Jan 2014
at 03:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
10.11.2013, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly fresh, wet grain, flowers, weeds, hay, yeast, hints of citrus. Taste is slightly sweet, wet grain, hay, yeast, flowers, weeds, sugar. Little bitterness, slightly watery mouthfeel. Just another golden ale. But, I’d rather drink this one in the sun when at Santorini rather than any other crappy pale lager thoug.
Nice creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly fresh, wet grain, flowers, weeds, hay, yeast, hints of citrus. Taste is slightly sweet, wet grain, hay, yeast, flowers, weeds, sugar. Little bitterness, slightly watery mouthfeel. Just another golden ale. But, I’d rather drink this one in the sun when at Santorini rather than any other crappy pale lager thoug.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2013
at 11:23