R&D: Golden Ale
New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Series Out of Production|
Score
7.36
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Deep (not golden anymore) copper and brown coloured body with a nice three centimetre tall, just off-white head on top that fades relatively quickly, but causes just a bit of a gusher situation from the bottom (probably due to the shape) when opened. Aroma of honey, yeast, bread, light alcohol, a dash of nuts and earth and a tiny subdued floral and perfume component. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong very rich honey, curacao and yeast profile with a lot of bread and lighter earthy malts that show a biscuity and perfumey character and some soft complexity from the leftover sugars that make this relatively straight-forward with a lot of yeast and malt flavours and much less hop, fruit or complex, throughout. Aftertaste shows the honey and yeastiness, but given it's age - there isn't much left to gain any real complexities. Overall, a very subdued and easy-drinking yeast-centric, tripel-like beer that shows quite a bit of bready/perfumey flavours, with some good honey-based sweetness, but that's about it - and a colour that is far from golden. I sampled this stubby, 50 cL bottle, purchased from Discount Liqour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 05-September-2012, right before my wife had our first child, sampled over seven years later, over 10 years after production of this bottle, on 10-January-2020, while I have three kids now. Produced: 23-March-2009 // Bottled: 18-June-2009 // Purchased: 05-September-2012 // Sampled: 10-January-2020
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle in Winter Park with jcnielsen. Thanks Adam. Pours a hazy yellow appearance with an off white head. Strangely enough, this smells like noble hops and champagne. There’s funk, grass, and oak as well. Moderate plus carbonation. A little twangy. Surprisingly, this really displays the herbal hops well. Pretty good and not what I was expecting. Kinda like Allagash House Beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500 mL bottle shared by AdamChandler on 3/26/16.
Clear golden body shows a touch of amber and a small white head with poor retention.
Good dose of brett in the nose shows the expected limeskin, light band-aid and some lighter nectarine-like fruitiness. There’s plenty of malt behind it showing cereal character, light honey and a touch of vanilla-tinged caramel. No flaws, and just a touch of oxidation.
In the mouth it’s lightly oxidized, but it just comes off as a light caramel-bread character. Tartness is definitely low, but present, adding light fruitiness, floral notes and various tart acids (lemon and very light acetic notes). Some earthiness and more cereal/bread character. Carbonation is low but very tight, helping give it still a pinch vibrancy. Well-made beer, would be curious to try the newer version. No alcohol or flaw noted.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(From notes, 26 March, 2016) 500 ML bottle thanks to Adamchan for sharing! Pour lighting at Clarks house, it looks almost clear gold in color, some carbonation. Aroma of dusty basement, older brett culture, and apple skins.
This is pretty tasty for the age of it. Soft floral hints upfront turning into a vinous note with mild traces of funk. Maybe a trace of oxidation, something slightly amuck. Nothing off putting, has to be oxidation. The mouthfeel still has carbonation which is nice. The texture isn’t bone dry but dry without a doubt. Honestly I like it more than I thought I was going to.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle courtesy of linusb and jokestereo. Pours hazy golden with a frothy white head that leaves lots of spotty trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is fruity, funky and spicy with crackers, pink grapefruit juice, pineapple, hay, dry soil, leather, barnyard, white pepper corns and lemon zest. Taste is bitter, tiny fruity, slightly spicy and funky. Mouthfeel is soft, dry and light to medium bodied. Finish is slightly bitter and dry with crackers, pineapple, white pepper corns, dry soil and barnyard. Enjoyable funky pale Belgian ale. --- Beer merged from original tick of R & D Golden Ale (2015) on 27 Mar 2016 at 21:41 - Score: 8. Original review text: Tasty dry funky Belgian pale ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured from bottle thanks AdamChandler reddish brown with no head. Aromas of funk oak clove brett. Taste is tart fruit oak wine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle - pours golden white head - nose and taste of bread, Brett, hoppy citrus - med body
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle pours a hazy gold with some filmy, white head. Nose has neutral oak, lemon, some funk, some papaya. Flavor has a little diaper, papaya, paper, a little chrysanthemum, a bit medicinal. Finishes with a bit of buttery oak.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the nuplastikk returns tasting in VA. Hazy straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, hay, floral. Tastes of hay, wheat, floral, citrus, malt. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Light bretta citrus and some florals. Hazy golden pour with head and lacing. Light bitter and tangy finish. Bottle shared at tasting.