Fool's Gold
Columbus Brewing Company in Columbus, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating|
Score
7.08
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A highly refreshing Golden ale. Fool's Gold is brewed with a fruity English yeast strain, small quantities of wheat and oats, and gently dry hopped with Citra hops, all creating a synergy of citrus and tropical fruit.
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cheap (9533) reviewed Fool's Gold from Columbus Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle, smells like a wheat ale. Looks like a hazy wheat ale. Taste seems quite strong at first then it mellows out a little with some help from pleasant sizzly co2. Yes, each slug is the same; starts of with mild astringent bittier then cools don with nice bubbly welcomed co2. Finishes with a good impression, for an ale, heheheh. Was expecting rude wheat ale but this is not quite as nasty.
superspak (10160) reviewed Fool's Gold from Columbus Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 2/23/2019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, red apple, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, peppercorn, pine, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is an awesome hoppy American blonde ale. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and moderate pale/wheat malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Feels like classic English hops, along with the Citra dry hops. Awesomely vibrant/dank/earthy, and fairly juicy hops, with fruity English yeast; and a great clean pale/wheat malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Fool's Gold from Columbus Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
growler-white head with trailing lace-bright yellow. A-floral/lemon/pineapple/pine. T-follows with some yeast.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Fool's Gold from Columbus Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Growler shared by Jcwattsrugger. Pours clear yellow. White head. Nose and taste of salt, light spicy hops, lemon, banana peel, pink peppercorn and yeast. Great table beer.
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Fool's Gold from Columbus Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at the Columbus Microbrew Festival on 09/16/2012: This beer pours a mostly clear bright golden color with a medium thin and fizzy white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of grassy hops, wheat and malt. Light, crisp body with a mildly bitter herbal hops character with touches of sweet malt and fruit in the background. The finish is lightly bitter with a lingering hops aftertaste. Pretty good overall.