Guinness (St. James's Gate) Golden Ale

Golden Ale

 

Guinness (St. James's Gate) in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
5.45
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 4 Ticks: 68
A beautifully balanced ale with a rich golden hue. The subtle biscuit flavours of the malted barley perfectly complement the pleasing bitterness and delicate, fruity hop aroma, giving way to a refreshingly crisp finish.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle at home. Pours amber with soft off white head, some lacing on the glass. Nose of caramel and slight citrus hops. Taste is similar with a bit more hay character. Thin mouthfeel and refreshing quick finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2018 at 18:06


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

50cl bottle. A clear amber beer with a mid-sized most good lasting off-white head. Aroma of soft sweet toasted malt, caramel. Taste of soft citrusy hops, toasted malt, caramel, mid sweet malt.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2018 at 18:40


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Keg at the Princess, Wollaston. Pours gold brown with a small head. Aroma is eggy caramel and tea. Taste has slightly sweet tea, caramel and bread.

Tried on 02 Mar 2018 at 11:13



7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330 ml bottle into pint glass, bottled on 10/6/2016. Pours slightly hazy deep orange/copper/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of honey, brown sugar, bread dough, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of caramel, plum, apricot, apple, herbal, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of honey, brown sugar, bread dough, toasted biscuit, and nuttiness; with lighter notes of caramel, plum, apricot, apple, herbal, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal, woody, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of honey, brown sugar, bread dough, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light caramel/fruit, herbal, wood, grass, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and balance of bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Fairly clean finishing. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a good standard English pale ale. All around good robustness and balance of bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mildly bitter finish. Very flavorful for the low ABV. Clean bready English malt flavors; with restrained hop and yeast presence. Fits the English pale ale style perfectly fine, but comes off underwhelming. Slight touch of diacetyl noticed after I finished the glass, but well within style limits. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2017 at 19:20


5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

On tap. Pours a clear mahogany with lots of carbonation but only a light head. Aromas of grain, herbal hops and papery toffee. Mild flavors of biscuits malts and watery toffee.

Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2017 at 10:56


6

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2017 at 20:24


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle from Ocado online. Pours amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of hop, biscuit, malt, fruit and flowers. Heavy fruity sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, sticky and watery texture, average carbonation. Not so bad.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2017 at 12:53


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Easy drinking and light like dry leaves. Pours golden with ok head. Light crisp and clean finish. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2017 at 11:02


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle that Dad shared - cheers! Clear amber with a light fizz and a middling cream-coloured head. A malt-led brew with caramel and a touch of lemon. Sweetish flavour. Basic, but I quite like the malt and it’s pretty mellow and drinkable. Better than I expected.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2017 at 14:35