Gold Standard
Freeminer in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.99
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Winner of two awards in the 1998 beauty of hops awards, this beer was especially brewed to use the "first gold " variety of hops, it has been described (by the award judges) as "orange peel and apricot blossom blended together beautifully" we prefer to say that it is an incredibly hoppy golden beer well suited to all "hop heads" everywhere.
Also available bottle conditioned exclusively at the Co-op as Gold Miner.
Also available bottle conditioned exclusively at the Co-op as Gold Miner.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[500ml bottle from Co-Op High Wycombe] Under "Goldminer alias. Beautiful copper colour with a lovely orangey flavour leading into a spicy hoppy aftertaste. However, it’s spoiled by too much fizz.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2008
at 13:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, Co-Op, Hoylake. Best beer amongst the prevailing dross in Co-Op. Deep Copper colour, thin white head, orange jostles nicely with the hops to leave a slightly metallic aftertaste. Definitely worth a try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2008
at 09:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Co-op. Golden coloured with a decent white head. Hoppy aromas of citrus and elderflowers. Flavours of grapefruit and sweet malt with a long dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2007
at 13:43
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
golden orange colour, with a citric hop nose, tart bitter hop flavour thats quite juicy.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2007
at 06:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold Miner bottle. Attractive amber colour with an off-white head and some light carbonation; aroma of hay and hops; tastes of grapefruit and apricot with a pleasantly bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2006
at 09:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, apple, malt. Flavour is fruit, hop, apple, caramel, malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2006
at 23:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled as Coop Gold Miner. Pours clear, dark golden with a dense off-white head. Some roasted notes, caramel, malt and hops in the aroma. The flavor has bitterness at first, then there’s malt. Medium body and a hoppy finish with some anis. Decent beer. (061027)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2006
at 14:34
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden colour with a small white head. Hoppy aroma, with some hints of citrus. Malty and fruity hoppy flavor with some citrus hints. Malty and bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2006
at 18:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Co-op, labelled as Gold Miner, Bottle Conditioned. Copper colour with thin lasting white head. Interesting hop aroma. Grapefruit is really prominent. Juicy malt. Some light toffee. Grapefruit hop aroma is good with Thornton’s toffee in mouth and then balanced grapefruit hop tangy finish. This is a very good beer. Hop and juicy malt balance is excellent. Some creamy fudge and biscuit too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2006
at 05:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I pick this up regularly on bottles from Headington Co-op under it’s other alias Gold Miner. Orange coloured and with nice hoppy and fruity floral and zesty aroma, good hop and malt taste and nice levels of bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2006
at 02:03