Hop Garden Gold
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.92
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A light and refreshing pale golden beer with hints of banana and pineapple. Crafted with a fine blend of the best English malted barley and mainly fresh local Fuggles hops from Puttenham but with some aroma hops at the end of the boil. A good balanced beer with a long dry finish and a sense of sweetness.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Old rating - 500ml bottle from Ransoms garden centre in Jersey. Aromas & tastes of biscuit, pine, citrus, earth, grain & malt. Moderate body. Mildly bitter finish. Drinkable but pretty ordinary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2025
at 20:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep golden colour with a mediumsized foamy white longlasting head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is caramel, some bready and mild floral and some wooden tones to it. Flavour is caramel, some ripe fruits, wood, mild herbal and some bready tones as well. Mild biscuity tones in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2023
at 15:59
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Tried
on 13 Dec 2022
at 06:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Redh. Appearance - deep amber with a white head. Nose - metallic, caramel and brown bread. Taste - toffee, caramel and ginger cake. Palate - medium.bodied and generally too sweet. Overall - tastes better than it smells but still a bit too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2021
at 22:06
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottled 500ml (KSM Toppila, BB 10/2021)
Dark golden colour, small steady white head and lace. A bit bready, caramalty aroma, doesn't feel so fresh. Caramalt, even toffee, some riped fruits. Sweetish and boring bitter at least in its bottled version.
Dark golden colour, small steady white head and lace. A bit bready, caramalty aroma, doesn't feel so fresh. Caramalt, even toffee, some riped fruits. Sweetish and boring bitter at least in its bottled version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2021
at 17:56
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2019
at 20:21
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Very little foam sits on top of a boring gold body. Aroma is somewhere between a bad lager and laundry detergent. Flavour is muddy grains, some hops, fermented bread. Wet finish. Serviceable I suppose but not inspiring.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2018
at 22:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
4/4/2018. Bottle from The Vineyard, Dorking. Pours golden with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of hop, grass, straw and light citrus. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2018
at 20:48
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Maureen & Dave - cheers! Amber with a white head and an obvious fizz. Cardboard, a biscuit dryness, a light floral note and a little caramel. Very much your average supermarket bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2017
at 13:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
A light colour in the tankard and sweet on the palate. Nice lacing and lots of fruity hops and no discernable bitterness. It was a bit too sweet for my liking and not a beer I particularly enjoyed.
Tried
on 08 May 2017
at 03:03