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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: Draft at Capital Ale, Innsbrook, 9/9/11
Aroma: The aroma had some malty notes to it, some citrus/lemon, and a bit of spice
Appearance: This brew pours a fizzy golden color with a small white head and light lace
Flavor: The taste is fairly balanced between the malts and hops, with some lemon/orange, and spice
Palate: The body is fairly light (leaning medium), a touch on the fizzy side, and with a decent mouthfeel
Overall Impression: Overall, this was a decent offering. It is a balanced beer, and it works pretty well. Some solid stuff. It wasn't my favorite, but I'd drink it again.
Aroma: The aroma had some malty notes to it, some citrus/lemon, and a bit of spice
Appearance: This brew pours a fizzy golden color with a small white head and light lace
Flavor: The taste is fairly balanced between the malts and hops, with some lemon/orange, and spice
Palate: The body is fairly light (leaning medium), a touch on the fizzy side, and with a decent mouthfeel
Overall Impression: Overall, this was a decent offering. It is a balanced beer, and it works pretty well. Some solid stuff. It wasn't my favorite, but I'd drink it again.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2011
at 17:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden yellow with thick lasting head. Hop aroma with some spice. Interesting poppy notes in the flavour, I didn’t recognise them at first. Spicy finish.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2011
at 20:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned sample at the 2nd Annual Top of the Hops Charlottesville, VA beer festival, 9/10/11.Pours a clear golden color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, earthy and slightly herbal notes with a hoppy finish. The taste is big citrus notes, herbal hops, caramel and sweet poppy notes. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2011
at 19:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Goldeny orange colour with a mediumsized white fluffy head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some nectary and honeyish notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some quite dry bittery notes. Fruity, but quite bitter and dry aftertaste.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2011
at 22:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. A hazy light golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as a touch of lemon. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, metallic hops, peaches, slightly over ripe oranges, and a bit of yeast.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jan 2011
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Monk’s Kettle in San Francisco. Cloudy light gold beer with a good sticky head and nice lacing. It smelled very fruity with some citric notes and good malt. There isn’t quite enough going on for a higher score, but the flavor was still good. The unidentified flavor that I noted while drinking turns out to be poppy seeds, which makes an odd sense. The poppy seed flavor is fairly light and balances well with the other flavors. Some other sweet fruit notes also come through in the flavor. Light body, a touch watery. Alcohol is not quite hidden perfectly. It’s a good beer but not great.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jun 2010
at 08:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ Beertemple, amsterdam. Slight hazy golden color, medium head. Aroma is sweetish, fruity (pear, apple). Soft smooth bit sweet taste. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2010
at 04:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught at Pikkulintu) Poured pale orange and cloudy with medium sized and white head. Aroma was very fruity and contained also honey and citricness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, honey, sweetness, apricots and bitterness. Aftertaste was fruity and bitter.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2010
at 06:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Beer Temple. Hazy yellow colour, white head. Aroma of sour apple, some citrus. Flavour is green apples, some melon, some melon, light sour, sweet fruits, bit dusty and light sour-bitter finish. Light to medium bodied. Nah..
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Dec 2009
at 12:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draft. Hazy gold color with a white head. Smells a bit like lemon - tastes like hefeweizen. Slightly sweet. Quite refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2009
at 00:30