Carolinian
Columbia Craft Brewing Company in Columbia, South Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.22
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Get ready to pop open a can of liquid gold with the GABF Gold Medal-winning blonde ale, Carolinian! This crushable brew comes with a clean malt backbone, low bitterness, and just the right amount of honey malt sweetness.
Whether you’re lounging on the beach, scaling the mountains, or just kicking back at home, this beer is the ultimate companion.
Whether you’re lounging on the beach, scaling the mountains, or just kicking back at home, this beer is the ultimate companion.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml can purchased from Beers of America and drunk at home. Golden and clear with an uneven and slightly foamy white head. Light aroma, a bit grainy, bready, buttery. Taste is sweet, light butter notes, fleeting touch of sweet spice, some bitterness near the finish. Thin body but the carbonation hides it. It’s competent and inoffensive, but doesn’t have anything to excite the palate.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2025
at 22:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Looks to have been genuinely brewed in the US and imported by Crescent Moon Ltd. My first beer from South Carolina. Only 24 states to go! Pours a clear gold with white head, modest retention. Aroma and taste is somewhat between ale and lager with notes of honey, grains, bread, light grass. It has a reasonable slick body with nice crispness. After repeated sips the malt element gets very samey. I guess its been brewed to a low price point which is why I managed to get this fairly cheap despite being imported from US. Its ok, still quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz can brought back from a trip. Pours a pretty clear light golden with a quick white head. Light grain bodied and a modest hop presence.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2024
at 21:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at the Graduate in Columbia. Pours rusted gold with small off-white head. Restrained fruit aroma and taste. Grassiness and slight retained sugars.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2024
at 18:11
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 FL OZ can from 'The Beers of America'. Poured into my old 'Yuengling' stemmed glass at home on Easter Saturday, 30th March 2024. Huge white head, old gold body. Slightly malty, low hop bitterness, dry feel with an unusual taste to me, wet cardboard maybe? Had to grab a packet of Quavers to help me finish the can.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2024
at 13:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours hazy pale gold with an off-white head. Light malt, honey, grass, easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2024
at 03:07