Gatekeeper Golden Ale
St. Peter's Brewery in Bungay, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.05
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English Pale malts coupled with Challenger and Goldings hops provide the bitterness and aroma. The result is a highly distinctive light, golden ale, with caramel aromas, a pleasing toffee apple flavour and a late bitterness.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
January 2022: 500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.7%. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Very moderate aroma, weak notes of hops and grain, hints of toffee and biscuits. The flavour has decent hops on a slightly sweet base of moderate malts, with a hint of caramel. Distinct hoppy bitterness in the finish and aftertaste. Not a bad beer, but far from the best offering from St. Peter’s.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2025
at 17:18
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Kessingland chalet picked up from Morrisons. A clear caramel orange coloured pour with a lasting fine off white head. Aroma is agricultural, sweaty grass, sileage, damp hay pinch of salt. Palate is semi sweet, light grains, mellow carbonation. Flavour is composed of rustic grains, hay, sileage, grassy hop, firm bitterness. Nice rustic golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2025
at 19:08
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating - I'm fairly sure this 500ml bottle of Gatekeeper is the same as the Golden Ale which I had more than 10 years ago, both from Waitrose. A decent enough golden ale with caramel & sweet malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2025
at 20:53
21/08/1997. JERUSALEM TAVERN, 55 Britton Street, LONDON, EC1, England (ST. PETERS)
Tried
on 05 Feb 2023
at 15:08
6/10
Delvis klar gylden med offwhite skum. Aroma humle malt skog noe frukt. Smak humle malt korn karamell. Middels fylde, lett sødme og lett bitter. Flaske smakt Oktober -13
Tried
on 20 Mar 2021
at 10:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Jerusalem Tavern, Farringdon on 29th January 2020. Amber with white foam and plenty of lacing. Pungent aroma. Leafy hops and biscuit malt in-mouth, and a bitter grassy herbal finish. Light bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2020
at 00:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
30/11/2019. Cask at the Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, grapefruit, caramel flowers and a hint of apple. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2019
at 15:19
6/10
Tried
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:47
3/10
Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2019
at 10:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
13th July 2019, cask half-pint at the 23rd Annual Bishop's Castle Real Ale and Cider Trail. Clear golden body, fluffy white crown. Malty biscuit aroma and taste, semi-sweet with a late hoppy bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jul 2019
at 07:41