DSG (25989) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at avrashi’s place. Thanks kerenmk. As "Bard’s The Original Sorghum Malt Beer". Hazy golden with no head. Weird cereals aroma. Very unpleasant weird cereals flavor with some sweetness and a sour edge. Light-bodied. Yuck.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a small white head that diminishes quickly to nothing. The aroma is corn malt and wheat. Similar flavor to the aroma. Not much going on with this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
I was lucky to find a single of this at the LCBO... as I am not a big fan of gluten-free beer. "The Original Sorghum Malt Beer" pours a golden colour with a foamy white cap that does last and gives out soapy lacing. The aroma is quite strong for this, with lots of sweetness (grape juice, honey), hay and hints of burnt plastic. Just really different. The taste is not as strong though, with watered-down apple cider and white grapes. Kind of bland. This one won’t make me a fan, but if gluten is not your thing, Brasseurs Sans Gluten brews the best ones.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle (labeled Bard’s Gold). Sweet sugary aroma. Hazy amber with a minimal head. Spicy sorghum flavor with a dry finish. Medium body. I don’t think I like sorghum in beer.
Sledutah (12396) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
12oz bottle from the state store
I wasn’t expecting much and I wasn’t disappointed!
The good: Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
The medium: Aroma is bready with spices
The bad: Taste is very bisquity with some sourness
Footbalmed the rest of the glass. For some reason I also bought another sorghum beer at the same time. I’m looking forward (not) to trying it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours clear light amber with medium size off-white head that dissapates quickly. Aroma is odd malt, medium carbonation, and medium body. Taste is caramel malt and an off tartness. This is not that good.
ben4321 (11632) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Location: Sampled at the NY Brewfest on Governor's Island, 6/19/10
Overall Impression: I wasn't a particularly big fan of this one. It is a basically a mediocre American style adjunct lager but with the upside that people with a wheat allergy can drink it. Light and lacking in flavor and substance. The overarching take-away from my notes is that this one "kinda sucked." I didn't write too much more down about this one beyond that.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle, $2.00 from Beer Run, Charlottesville. Pours a golden with an inch of golden head. Smells of grasses/sweet wheat. Tastes of sweet grasses and bitter leaves.
omhper (45152) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled at the Bard’s/Oddfellows, Cedar City, UT. Clear deep golden, no head. Cheap tequila aroma. Sweetishwith clean mouthfeeland ligyht body. Flavour of old butter and tequila. Low bitterness.
popery (1999) reviewed Bard's Gold from Bard's Tale Beer Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
For a gluten free beer, this is somewhere in between Redbridge and St. Peter’s G-Free/Sorghum. It’s got a lot of sorghum character, which isn’t altogether pleasant, particularly for someone used to normal beer. It looks fine, though a bit boring and without much head, which is typical for gluten free brews. The flavor has decent floral hops that provide an okay bitter bite, and it’s relatively dry, which is a big plus compared to Redbridge’s somewhat cloying finish. The downsides of the flavor are a sorta gummy cough syrup note and an unpleasant sweetness upfront. Both are probably from the sorghum. Feel is pretty normal for a light lager - a bit fizzy. Ultimately, this beer, like every other gluten free beer I’ve tried, isn’t up to a decent craft beer, however it’s pretty good against its actual competition. Bard’s is a nice step up from Redbridge. Though not as good as St. Peters, it’s significantly cheaper and more widely available. Having close family members who suffer from Celiac disease, I’m grateful to any company that makes a beer that will make my mom smile and bring a bit of normalcy back to her life.