Carolina Gold
Fonta Flora Brewery in Nebo, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Fonta Flora BreweryFarmhouse - Saison Rotating
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Score
6.59
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Mashed with local barley malts courtesy of our friends at Riverbend Malt House of Asheville, North Carolina along with heaps heritage Charleston Gold rice from Anson Mills of Columbia, South Carolina. Fermented cool with our clean and crisp house saison yeast blend and conditioned cold for 4 additional weeks. With a total production time of 6 weeks, this lagered saison drinks snappier, drier and crisper than most actual lagers.
A staple crop in the early 19th century, the Carolinas were an early producer of rice until farming ultimately moved further south to warmer climates. A staple beer for us, we have been brewing a rendition of this beer since our first year as a brewery. The addition of the heritage rice lends a smooth and creamy mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish similar to a bud heavy, but much better.
A staple crop in the early 19th century, the Carolinas were an early producer of rice until farming ultimately moved further south to warmer climates. A staple beer for us, we have been brewing a rendition of this beer since our first year as a brewery. The addition of the heritage rice lends a smooth and creamy mouthfeel with a crisp dry finish similar to a bud heavy, but much better.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dull gold with a large white head. Aroma is a nice white pepper and herbal notes. Flavor is again a bit of herbs and spice with lemon coming on strong after the swallow. Decent saison. Not the estery saisons I've had recently this is more of a herbal and spicy variety.
Tried
on 08 May 2019
at 23:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared in London - cheers to Cloin. Pours lightly hazy yellow with a creamy, white head. Pretty tight, some nice angel food cake, white bread, low bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pale bread in the finish. Acceptable gear.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2019
at 07:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
17th February 2019
Level 6 bottleshare. A Cloin can - cheers! Light haze on this paleish yellow gold beer, short lived thin white head. Light palate, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Floral minerally pine and super thin wine and citrus. Light finish. Meh! Watery and dull.
Level 6 bottleshare. A Cloin can - cheers! Light haze on this paleish yellow gold beer, short lived thin white head. Light palate, semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Floral minerally pine and super thin wine and citrus. Light finish. Meh! Watery and dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2019
at 14:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Port Street beer house. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a a lasting fine white head. Aroma is pils grains, honey, cereal malts, leafy Nobel hop. Flavour is composed of layered cereal grains, honey, grassy hop golden malts, leafy grassy hop. Palate is frorhy and airy, light with a little tart. Decent.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2019
at 22:09
7/10
Tried
on 02 Mar 2019
at 15:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours clear straw, medium white head, dissipates fairly quickly, decent lacing. Aroma is grassy, grain, lemon, light floral notes. Flavor is light sweet, field grass, grain, lemon zest, very light bitter, floral, some fruitiness. Light body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2016
at 17:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at source - pours yellow gold white head - nose/taste of rice, saison yeast, lemon and sea salt with some spelt - med body
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2016
at 15:04