Gold Spike Ale
Berkshire Brewing Company in South Deerfield, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Kölsch Regular|
Score
6.04
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Mrf33n3y (6651) ticked Gold Spike Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company 6 years ago
CLW (16859) reviewed Gold Spike Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
22 oz. bottle purchased at my local Market Basket. Clear gold color with thin lasting head poured into a lager glass. Aroma is sweet grain, honey and wheat. The flavor is exactly as you would come to expect: pale malts, grain body that is light with a mild carbonation level. The German lager yeast strain can be found toward the back of the sip with a very light grass note. Honestly this brew is exactly what it should for the style, easy drinking summer thirst quencher.
Drake (22934) reviewed Gold Spike Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bomber from Whole Foods Market Darien. Pours a hazy straw color with a thin fizzy off-white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of grainy malts and faint grass. The taste is sweet malts, grainy and nutty notes, faint fruits and very mild hops. Medium bodied. Fairly average but not bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pours hazy yellow/gold into a shaker. White head quickly recedes to hug rim. Sweet caramel aromas. Soft with fruity yeast from front to back. Mild medium length fruit finish. More wheaty than crisp....
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
@CBC-22oz bottle–pours a rich white head with bubbles and cloudy yellow/gold color. Aroma is light malt, some herbal. Taste is light malt, some herbal. Easy.
cheap (9533) reviewed Gold Spike Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Got this bomber in a trade with RCL. Great deal! Nice hazy pale yellow almost vanilla color. A nearly fruity slag aroma. Very nice very clean initial flavor. Hay straw and lots of outback in the field attributes. Cannot detect much initial offensiveness but as the session continues there seems to be an attempt to build some bitter ale character. This however fades at the conclusion of each swallow. Has an interesting evolution of flavor, in waves. Has more personality than I care for in a session brew but it is yet enjoyable and friendly. Easy drinking and repeatable lighter brew. 22 oz is just about the right amount for one serving. Kind and gentle, all the way to the last drop. Certainly more personality than pale lagers yet can do this without being offensive. Nearly wheatbeir at times.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Hurray bomber under four bucks! - boo crappy beer inside! - I wanted something light and refreshing, but not like this - cloudy yellow pour with no head - faint aroma of herbs and lemon-scented hand soap - tart flavor, with lemon dominating, along with some background grain/malt flavor - there is really nothing else happening - tastes like sparkling water with a wedge of lemon thrown into it - down the drain with this - good thing I bought another beer for tonight.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Gold Spike Ale from Berkshire Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
From a growler, at Julio’s Spring Beer Fest, 4/02/05. Pale gold, little bit of straw yellow with a small amount of bubbly white head. Aroma of light wheat, hay, dry pale malt and a touch of yeast. Some faint lemon and orange notes. A bit of flowery, soft hops, little bitterness. Flavor is very dry, with a slight lemon and wheat body to it, low bitterness, moderate carbonation and a hint of yeast. Though it’s light bodied, it is not a watery mess. As usual, some sweetness would not kill it (why does a kolsch seem to mean zero malt sweetness to most American brewers?). No light honey, all dry grass and hay, with slight pepperiness on the finish.