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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration
Pours dark yellow with a small head. Aroma of fruity hops and earthy notes. Taste is malty with some oranges, spices and fruits. Finish of ripe fruits, malts and spices. Okay.
Pours dark yellow with a small head. Aroma of fruity hops and earthy notes. Taste is malty with some oranges, spices and fruits. Finish of ripe fruits, malts and spices. Okay.
Tried
on 11 May 2012
at 13:56
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 6
Nice beldgy pour from this 16 oz can, seller told me to open it over the sink, but it didn’t foam over. Big sizzly brew with a tad of tartness in there makes the 6.5% almost acceptagle. Creamy sizzling fun yea. Some zingy citrus peel in there it seems. Vanishing lacing. Finish rides near bitter medicine but that co2 is really nifty. One of the better beldgy wannah bees I’ve tasted. If it was a little lower in alky, it would be nearly perfect.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2012
at 11:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Local Option. Pours a hazy hold with a white that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grain with light citrus note, flora and a bit of light spice. Flavor starts with smooth grains with a bit of light citrus and backing spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2012
at 13:05
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 2
7th February 2012
On tap at the Craft. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light semi crisp palate. Appley. Very very appley. Pale malt and apples. A little caramel. Semi dry finish. Can’t believe this is right, it’s certainly not drinkable.
On tap at the Craft. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light semi crisp palate. Appley. Very very appley. Pale malt and apples. A little caramel. Semi dry finish. Can’t believe this is right, it’s certainly not drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2012
at 08:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
tap at ølbaren, clear light golden, smooth white head. 3 malty, crisp hoppy aroma. 7 flavor is sweet syruppy, flowery, malty sweeness, faint fruity sweetness like belgian blonde.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2012
at 14:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From tap at Ølbaren. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Herbal, dry grassy and light pine hoppy. Mellow malty, fruity and light herbal. Phenolic yeasty too it seems. Cooked vegetable touch.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2012
at 04:27
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500mL bottle, pours a clear golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma of poppy seeds, sort of a coconut-y note, bready malts and floral hops. Flavour of poppy seeds upfront, that same coconut-like note, sweet bready malts and faint hops. Nice touch with the poppy seeds, but nothing remarkable here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2011
at 22:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours bright gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Sweet and sour honey aromas. Thin and sweet with grass and sour honey front to back.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 18:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz can. Poured a pale golden color with a small white head. Aroma is very light sweet malts, touch of lemony citrus, and a minute note of poppy. Flavor is crisp, clean, a bit boring but the finish has a nice poppy character to it. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2011
at 11:44
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Canned at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy amber, small head. Aroma of glue and marzipan. Sweet and appley with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Getting thinner towards the finish. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Oct 2011
at 12:16