Hop Garden Gold (Bottle)
(Batch of Hop Garden Gold)
Hogs Back Brewery in Tongham, Surrey, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.88
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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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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Waitrose. Label states 4.4%. Sweet malt, some fruit. Slightly fusty. Not my favourite style of beer, really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2013
at 13:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, sweet malt, light hoppy, UK hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, swweet malt, fruity, UK hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131012]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2013
at 10:31
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 121013
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 02:19
6/10
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 02:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from ASDA. Honey coloured pour with a white head. Lemon, coriander and ginger aroma. Nutty-citrus flavour with a hint of vanilla. Bit of a fruit cocktail. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2013
at 07:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
50cl bottle from Morrisons. Amber with a loose, fast fading, white head, and quite heavy carbonation; malty aroma; stewed malt taste with some pineapple sweetness and light hops giving a gentle bitterness to the otherwise bland finish. Not a patch on the cask version.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2013
at 13:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle BBD 30 Apr 2013: broached on 13 Apr 2013 and poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard. Orangey, pale amber body, clear and clean looking, the fast disappearing head was off-white before it left the building. Fairly sweet nose and taste: malty feel to it, more than the HOP name suggests anyway. Caramel and toffee notes in both the aroma and mouth. The hops come alive towards the end of each sip giving the beer a crisp bitter finish, a nice beer. The alcohol helps to give the bite at the end also.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2013
at 09:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear copper without a head. Has a high berry sweetness in both aroma and taste.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2013
at 14:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home - 25/12/12. Clear golden with a thin white head that dissipates to the edge of the glass. Nose is pale malt, light floral hops, touch of caramel, hint of grapefruit. Taste follows, caramel malts, hops, floral tones. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and some hop bitterness in the dry finish. Ok - nothing too exciting mind!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2012
at 22:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle shared by Dutchdrebus. Hazy yellow-golden color, medium sized quickly diminishing white head that leaves fair lacing. Smell malts, slightly butter, lightly some fruits. Taste malts, again slightly butter, lightly fruits and bitterness. No hops really...not very pronounced anyway. Medium carbonation, low to medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2012
at 12:57