Victors Golden Ale
Grizzly Peak Brewing Company in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.81
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
tap at the brewpub - Pours lightly hazy yellow and laces well. The aroma is of corn with a hint of vague fruitiness. The sweet flavor is very light and it’s kind of off tasting in the finish. This light bodied brew is drinkable but quite underwhelming.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Poured an amber gold with a thin eggshell head. Aroma was malty with hay and caramel notes and just a bit of pine. Flavor was quite similar to the aroma with the malt profiles starting off and the pine gave it a bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sample at the brewpub: This beer is a clear gold color with a thin white head the burns off quickly. Stringy lacing. The aroma is mostly hops with a touch of malt. Light-bodied and crisp with a mildly bitter hops flavor. Touches of malt and grain are present too. The finish is short with a lightly grassy and hoppy finish. Pretty standard stuff for this end of the standard brewpub spectrum.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at Grizzly Peak. Slightly hazy light amber body, thin off-white head. Corny sweet aroma, lightly bready, grassy. Buttery flavor with corn, earthy, grassy hops, and light bubblegum. Bland. For the macro crowd.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Golden, a bit cloudy. carbonation was not a problem surprisingly. I was actually surprised with this beer. I do not like blond/golden ales one bit, but I found this one drinkable, and its taste stood out to me from the other beers I tried here (dont know if that is necessarily a good thing). Had some body to it at least, a little bit of that pilsener meaty flavor. I did not find it watery as the other people said, but the flavor seemed to last well enough. Some strong lemony/straw notes in the middle, though I did detect some sourness in the aftertaste. This is just a blond ale, and expectations should not expect more than that. Maybe I will have to try some more blond ales. . .