Arbor Brewing Company Ypsi Gold

Ypsi Gold

 

Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Golden / Blonde Ale Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.09
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 18 Ticks: 1
Ypsi Gold is our tribute to the place we call home. Proudly brewed in Ypsilanti using Michigan hops and malted barley, our Golden Ale is light bodied and finishes clean, but full of Michigan flavor. Michigan Brewers Gold and Crystal hops add light floral and herbal aromas to accompany the smooth, bready flavor of Michigan Vienna malt. And if you were wondering how to say it, it’s pronounced “ip·see”. We invite you to stop by the brewery and check out everything Ypsi has to offer!
 

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, apricot, pepper, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, apricot, pepper, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Mild herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, apricot, pepper, cracker, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; with an nice malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is an excellent American blonde ale! All around great Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy hops, fruity yeast, and bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with mildly bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very clean and nicely rich Vienna malts, with balanced citrus/earthy hops and fruity yeast; with just enough bitterness to balance sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2018 at 23:42