Golden Ale

Cask at the Jerusalem Tavern, London. Pours clear gold with a slight, filmy head. Bready malt aroma with nips of orange citrus. Flavor is sweet, fairly bready with some straw, light honey, a bit of ripe citrus. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish that dries slightly, some honey, white sugar, faint grains. Easy drinking beer.

Originally rated December 2008. Woohoo ! Another St. Peter’s brew at the LCBO. I love their beers, as they always stand out from the ordinary, whatever style they make. Comes in a lime-green transparent flask-looking bottle with a date of production listed as B188. This golden ale pours a hazy golden-orange colour (after shaking the bottom) and looks like it came out of a cask. Not much head, not much carbonation, but decent lace and a nice coating on the brew stays. The aromas are of caramel malts, butter, nuts, mild fruits and floral hop. Nice refreshing mouthfeel, that is light, but not watery, and just right for a session beer. The hop is definitely present in the taste, but not overpowering, but just enough to show the people that their swill is much more than a mass-produced product. Touches of oranges and other light fruits, with some grain malts, very well balanced. Beautiful dry and slightly tarty finish. Quite up there for a golden ale !

500ml bottle. Pours a dark gold with a large frothy head. Aroma is faint, some spicy hop and a little skunk. Taste starts with some grass and a slightly skunky, sweet hop finish.

Bottle @ Kolding Ølmesse , 2011. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Nose is sweet. Corn and fruit. A bit of bread, grain and hops. Plain but pretty ok.

Bottle from Voldby. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich malt, hops, grass and flowers.

En maltig öl för att vara så ljus. Säd och ljust bröd ställs mot en främst besksträv humlekaraktär. Får drag av torr besk pilsner men med en tydlig engelsk humlesmak.

Bottle from Tesco in Cambridge. Golden color with almost no head. Aroma, fruity, hops and yeast. Taste starts fruity continues with strong malty taste with nice long bitter finish. Drinkable beer.

Bottle from Vrutak in Zagreb. Poured a nice golden body with a small white head. Slightly fruity (apricot?) malty nose. Bready maltiness in the taste, some herbal hops, going lemony for moments, relatively bitter. Slightly woody, maybe even notes of caramel. Ok enough, nothing too grand, would have it again if not for the inflated price.

Very small head over pale yellow-amber bere. Hops and fresh barley malt vie about supremacy in the nose, grassy touches. The same return in the mouth, but the hops, very fresh and very UK are more in force. The hoparomas are really great retronasal, whilst in the aftertaste, some strange sherrytouches mix in. Graindistillate touches. Very good, surprising beer, not hampered by the green-glass bottle in my sample.

0.5 l bottle. It poured clear golden body with small head. Very weak, some unidentified hop aroma. Bitterish to sour flavor, herbal hoppy and somewhat smooth caramel honey and pollen malty. Thinner body with nice, but shorter sweetish to acidic finish. Light, unimpressive golden ale.