Holdens Brewery Golden Glow

Golden Glow

 

Holdens Brewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.27
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 45
An 18ct gold, golden ale with subtle yet fragrant hop aromas, a moreish gentle sweetness and an almost citrus like pleasant bitter finish. Brewed using the finest English Maris Otter malts and choicest Fuggles, Golden Glow is a thirst quenchingly refreshing beer.
 

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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle. Pours light golden with a medium head. Mostly caramel malt with a hint of grapefruit hops. Some sweet malt to start and a light bitter finish. Sweet aftertaste. Low carbonation. Would probably be good at a bbq.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2010 at 12:55


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

Cask at the Wharf, Aalborg. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, butterscotsch, grass. Flavour is malt, wort, hop, fruit, butterscotsch, yeast, caramel. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2010 at 03:47


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at The Wharf, Aalborg. It’s an almost clear beer, a bit pale golden and a little white head on top. Citrus, grass, some butter and pale malts, caramel and crackers in the aroma. The flavor is light buttery with biscuity malts, smooth citrusy and grassy hop profile. Some exotic fruits, but not much bitterness. Medium body, a bit too thin. Some bitterness in the finish. Overall, too buttery, else it’s a nice and quenching. 091025

Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2010 at 04:42


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

Cask. Clear golden with an off-white head. Butter and fruit in the nose. Light body, flat. Very sweet fruity accents and some honey. Subdued bitterness. 170110

Tried from Cask on 21 Jan 2010 at 12:09


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

From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is light fruity hoppy with a mild malt note. Bitter and fruity flavoured. Rather simple. Fruity and bitter dry finish. Vague butterish touch.

Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2009 at 08:25


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask conditioned at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen
Hazy golden color; small persistent head. It has a very refreshing aroma, a bit citrusy, with some malt and light manure, some hop. Good malty flavor, with a quite round mouthfeel, light and very pleasant residual sweetness; all this is very nice; if possible, the bitterness becomes a bit too harsh at the end. Very good Golden Ale.

Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2009 at 07:15


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle from Sainsbury. Gold, thin ivory head. Some hop on aroma. Some diacetyl to be honest. Yep, definitely buttery. Not sure if its intentional, but I don’t like butter in my beer. Yep, way too buttery.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2008 at 05:49


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

Bottle from Sainsburys. Golden in colour with a big, off-white head and plenty of carbonation. Aroma of subdued citrus and creamy malts. Flavour was sweet, with a touch of butterscotch, chewy malt and a slightly dry finish. A bit lifeless [2.8]. Re-rate: cask-conditioned at the Saracen’s Head, Worcester, 23/7/2014. Much less sweet, with a hint of balancing minerals and decent, bitter finish. [3.2].

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2008 at 16:45


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Fresh, light hop aroma. Flavour is light and slightly sweet with a sharper finish. Easy drinking and refreshing.

Tried on 22 Dec 2007 at 05:02


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

Cask @ The Masque Haunt, EC1 Oldstreet, London. Clear light yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate hoppy, apple, stewed apples w. macaroon. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic, with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2007 at 10:52