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Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.86
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Our flagship ale and the beer that built Shipyard Brewing Co. was thoughtfully engineered based on English tradition and is brewed with the finest ingredients sourced whenever possible from local Maine farms.
A distinguished American Golden Ale, Export offers hints of malty sweetness, distinctive hop aromas, finishing clean and crisp, refreshing to almost any palate.
Export is a classic brew which continues to lead the way as a drinkable, well-balanced and flavorful ale.
A distinguished American Golden Ale, Export offers hints of malty sweetness, distinctive hop aromas, finishing clean and crisp, refreshing to almost any palate.
Export is a classic brew which continues to lead the way as a drinkable, well-balanced and flavorful ale.
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3.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
OK, I bought this out of sheer curiosity for the last beer in the sixer, never heard of it before. Classified as a golden blonde ale, I’m pleased. A little more darker than something I usually know as a blonde. Just a little lighter than yuenglings mainstay. Certainly more golden than blonde. Good sweet fruity candy cane aroma. Has a girdle on the inside edge of the glass for a head, the rest is froth. Ooooh, quite bitter hardtack candy taste. well, at least I mean by blonde ale standards. Almost as potent as many pilsners. Interesting slight metallic linger on the palate. Finish is industrial lasting and mildly impressionating. Good example of a lager impersonator. Is this a premium lager? First I think so but then I feel that pale ale-ish long bitter hop finish. Rally cap is certainly better or equal to this. My local brewpubs make the best blonde Ale I’ve tasted; Rivertowne Babbling Blonde and North Country Northern Lite. However, this is better than Ballantine XXX Ale and Golden Anniversary.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2007
at 12:42
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Poured a golden brown color ale with a small bubbly head that disappeared a bit too quickly. Aroma of rough barley with this weird Shipyard yeast which doesn’t really fit my taste buds. Taste of rough grain and yeasty finish don’t really get me excited and leave me wondering where this is going. Average body with some adequate carbonation. I recently went through quite a few beers from those folks and I didn’t find anything that excited me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2007
at 14:52
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
I wasn’t sure, until seeing the classification here, if this was a "stock ale" type or an export lager. It was light enough for lager, but it did have many ale characteristics. Copperish color with medium head. Aroma was lightly caramel with some grassy hop. Flavor was burnt sugar and butterscotch, the latter of which detracted. Not much hop, just a touch of citrus, leading to a semi-balanced finish. Palate was initially quite light and dry, not watery, but it got sweeter the further I got into it. Fair but nothing to write home about.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2007
at 20:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(12 Fl Oz bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Clear golden color, white head. A mix of fruity hops and acid malt scent. Fruity but malty taste, sweet from some special malt. Perhaps Wiener or Münchener malt? Normal mouthfeel, low bitterness. A slight bit spicy and sweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2006
at 15:32
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled at The Rover, Gothenburg. Clear, golden with a decent white head. Malty, grassy and floral aroma. The flavor is grassy and floral with some grains and lemon. Thin to medium body. Quite drinkable, but nothing special to it. (060824)
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2006
at 08:43