50cl can from Delhaize. Pours clear golden with a quickly thinning, white head. The weak aroma contains malt, hops, grass and iron. It tastes medium sweet and light grassy/hoppy bitter into the finish. Astringent finish, light body, soft/fizzy carbonation. Not as unpleasant as the other versions in the Finest series, but totally underwhelming and redundant.

Can, golden colour, white foam. Metallic and sweet malty. Notes of corn. Almost no bitterness. Not good.

The can I bought mentions an ABV of 5,9%, so I assume the 6,6% given above has been downtuned meanwhile... Anyway, this is one of the few top-fermented beers in the Gordon Finest range, a deep ’old gold’ coloured ale with quiet sparkling, cristal clear, under an off-white, creamy but quickly diminishing, slightly lacing head. Artificial aroma: something has been added here, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Smells of lemon candy, powder sugar, rotting apples, industrial honey, slightly sourish wheat (increasing as it warms up), sweaty grains (dito), iron, vanilla pudding, cooked vegetables, banana-flavored bubble gum, even a hint of alcohol which is surprising for a beer with average ABV. Taste is sweet, somewhat sugary, somewhat chalky, pale malt sweetness, wheaty touch, rather soft carbonation, slick and thinnish, a bit grainy, somewhat metallic, hint of grassy hops in the finish but very low bitterness - it’s that strange initial sweetness which cloys a bit rather than hops - and even sticks to the teeth. The finish is therefore somewhat on the watery side, and, adding insult to injury, does not reveal the alcohol very well, as a certain sweetish alcohol warmth turns up - something I’d expect from a beer at least 2% stronger. Less off-putting than the bottom-fermented Gordons, but still a cheaply made and totally redundant, not very pleasant beer without noteworthy complexity and an artificial, oversweetened palate. Aimed at alcoholics like the other ones, I assume. If the idea was to make a top-fermented and sugary equivalent of a bland pale lager, and I would not even be surprised if this were the case, mission accomplished.

50cl can shared with Kermis. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Boring. Malty. Thin bodied. Not great.

Bottle shared at the get Dean to 5000 tasting, thanks to Deanso. Pours clear golden with a bubbly white head. Aroma of grain, light fruit and malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter. Light bodied with soft carbonation.