John Martin Gordon Finest Gold

Gordon Finest Gold

 

John Martin in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪

  Lager - Imperial Pils Regular
Score
5.08
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 110
Ever since 1992, Gordon Finest Gold has been inspiring a gold rush. This incomparable strong Scottish style lager shares the values of its clan : pride in its origins, the strength of its typical and powerful taste, and the nobility of its refinement. Through this incomparable emblem of the range, Anthony Martin has definitively adjudicated between the clans.
 

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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Golden amber with white froathy head. Sweet grassy smell. Sour copper tingly malt finish.
Tried on 06 Jul 2006 at 10:44

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled (BB 07/2007)
Dark golden color, decent foamy white head. Cardboard malty, a fruity nose. Medium-bodied. Sweet, malty with peach and banana notes. Alcohol picks up in the finish. Not great but better than Gordon Finest Silver. Not much scottish character found anyhow.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2006 at 13:56

5.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Trotz den 10% wirkt das Bier recht bekömmlich, obwohl man den Gehalt deutlich schmeckt. ALlerdings ist das so ziemlich das einzige was man schmeckt, besonders im Nachgeschmack. Vorher ist es teilweise recht wässrig, nur im Mittelteil zwischendurch recht würzig, auch der Hopfen lässt sich schlagartig blicken und ist eben so schnell auch wieder verschwunden. Durchwachsen. Test vom 30.10.2005, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 12,5,9,8,14,7 - 8,00
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2005 at 07:06

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Label says brewed in Edinburgh for John Martin. Deep golden with an almost absent head. Sweet malts with a pronounced bitter finish that hides the alcohol fairly well. But still this is an extremely potent beer. Are we sure this is top-fermented? 150398 (Bottle 33 cl) Version called "Gordon Finest Gold Blond Merry Xmas" brewed by Scottish Courage in Edinburgh. 5/3/5/2/10=2,5 220302
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2005 at 11:15

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
(bottle from a Belgian supermarket) Clear golden colour with a creamy diminishing white head. Sweet caramellish malty aroma with a strong touch of glue. The taste is too sweet and alcoholic (for me) and leaves not much room for more. Only a slight hint of bitterness at the finish. Rather disappointing strong Ale from Belgium.
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2005 at 05:47

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
A dark orange beer with a huge though collapsing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol as well as hints of caramel. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of alcohol which gives it notes of metal. The alcohol runs warming over the tongue, but is too much for me. The flavor also contains notes of caramel. The finish is warm and quite dry - as if the alcohol suck the water out of the mouth.
Tried on 06 Jan 2005 at 17:14

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Dark orange-gold; huge yellowish tinted head, fluffy and fast dwindling. Roasted, and toasted, nose, candi sugar, caramel and alcohol. Again roasted taste, malty, both sweet and caramelised, and loads of alcohol - definitely part of the taste in this one. Butter toffees, bit grass, cheap liqueur as supermarket Pineau des Charentes . Slick mouthfeel, alcohol obvious without real -burn, which is remarkable for such strenght. Some time ago, I wondered about "Het Kanon" being called ’Malt liquor’. This is more one, albeit top-fermenting. Out of a can, to top it.
Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2004 at 15:36

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
[Draught]
Golden color. Malty, strong; alcohol; well hopped. Better than I expected.
Tried on 16 Nov 2002 at 15:14

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
looks like a pilsener, but tastes totally different (little bit sweeter)...
Tried on 07 Nov 2002 at 15:23

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pretty light for 10% - malty, sugary accent. Some esters. Can you believe I saw this stuff in .5L cans in Belgium?
Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2001 at 20:02