Golden Ale
Higsons Brewery in Liverpool, Merseyside, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.21
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A refreshing golden ale with lemon, citrus, floral and tropical fruits on the nose. The Fuggles hops gives a warm earthy spiciness. A medium bitterness is balanced with biscuit and caramel flavours from the Maris Otter malts.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Home Bargains drank 27 Apr 24
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Sep 2025
at 08:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rocky white head on slowly carbonating clear golden coloured body.
Butterscotch, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with sparkling back & cloying aft.
Grainy, pale malt, bready & stone fruit tastes with a bitter finish.
Quaffer.
Butterscotch, malt & stone fruit aroma.
Medium bodied, soft over the tongue with sparkling back & cloying aft.
Grainy, pale malt, bready & stone fruit tastes with a bitter finish.
Quaffer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2025
at 20:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On the day I'm drinking this beer in history, in 1852, the US opened its '2nd Mint' in San Francisco - to serve the California gold rush. I didn't rush this golden ale, nothing too notable about it but a pleasant sessionable and very traditional tasting bottle conditioned brew. Low bitterness. Familiar English style hoppiness.
Tried
from Cask
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 03 Jul 2025
at 19:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Home Bargains. Clear bright gold with thin white head. Aroma has a basic biscuit like malt with light earthiness and citrus. Taste has more to it - malts come through quite well with biscuit, caramel and a slight earthiness. Hops are mostly there to give a decent bitterness in the finish but there is some citrus and a floral to grassy bite. Slick light to medium body. A bit better than I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear dark yellow colour with soapy head. It's got quite a lot of hop bitterness but is a touch skunky.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2024
at 18:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from a local 'Home Bargains' store: BB 21st March 2025. Drank and home with Robert my cousin on 14th May 2024. Clean and clear golden body, white head. Cheap supermarket beer feel to this, slight citrus lead, weak malty base, light bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2024
at 09:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
[50cl bottle from Home Bargains, Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a fast fading white head and light carbonation; subdued citrus aroma; light biscuity malt body with some citrus and a leafy bitterness; then a malty finish with some earthy caramel. Unexciting.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Apr 2024
at 18:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Home Bargains, Blairgowrie. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit and lemon. Taste is malt sweet and faint fruit. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2024
at 17:56