Golden State Ale
Uncommon Brewers in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.31
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Our Golden State Ale is a Belgian-style golden ale, brewed in homage to our home state with toasted poppy seeds. It’s our quaffable summer beer, light on the palate with a crisp poppy zing to finish. 6.4% ABV
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cannned. Poured mild gold with serious head. Malty aroma, some florals. Ok
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:12
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Craft. Pale gold colour with small white head. Aroma is grape juice, sweet and fruity. Bit of white wine, bit apple and bit yeasty. Taste is very appley, and grape, and very Belgian style yeastiness. Dangerously drinkable and quite crisp. Very nice.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2019
at 15:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Can from Cotteridge Wines; hazy golden amber pour with a thin off white head, aroma has lemon and phenols, taste has some harsh yeast action, clove, a hint of spice and lemon.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2015
at 15:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Can.
Where: NK bar, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, floral, malt, yeast.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, floral, hops, apples, caramel.
Where: NK bar, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Fruit, floral, malt, yeast.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, floral, hops, apples, caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2015
at 14:38
6/10
Tried
on 13 Jul 2015
at 14:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From old notes. From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Golden color with white head. Yeasty and malty aroma, spicy, fruity. Sweet and light biter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2015
at 14:55
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 3
On tap at Singer Moorgate. Clear amber colour lasting white head. Belgian yeast aroma touch of bleach. Not good. Some hop sting on finish. Not very good. Nasty bleach. Ugh.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2015
at 07:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Taps Beer Bar, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is yeast, light floral. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry yeast, malt, floral, light spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Nice and drinkable but not in any volume... well not for me anyway. The dry floral bitterness in the palate is nice up front but quickly becomes less enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2015
at 10:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus. Hazy golden with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, banana, yeasty and light fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. Tastes very much like a German Hefeweizen. 151214
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2014
at 10:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Really janked up can. Someone must have dropped it. The bottle shop owner didn’t charge me for it, which is good because I thought I already rated it. Good karma. Rich honey and lemon nose. Cloudy amber, headless. Much less prominent honey flavor, applecore. A surge of dandelion, sudden but neither strong nor distinct. Raw potato finish. Despite the can being compromised, there was still carbonation, soft and unseen. Sessionable and unique.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2014
at 15:44