3.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
12 oz green bottle, twist off cap to smell a little skunk. But, when you pour it into your mug it is a slight wheatish. The flavor is a bit rough considering it claims to be americas largest selling ale, is that true? Seems, from my experiences it cannot be true. The taste sensation is a bit offensive, with hints of astringentness. Not as behaved as I would like, perhaps gentleman like qualities are those of a lager and this claims to be ale. So the only other golden ale that I drank before this was Kochs Golden Anniversary. I don’t know how this could fall into the same style. I’m pretty sure that Kochs is a lager of some sort, I’ll have to check. Not bad but the finish leaves some smoothness to be desired. Kochs is 30 cents a can and I paid 2$ for this. This certainly has no gag reflex to it as Kochs does.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2007
at 17:20
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
I first saw this beer in forty form, but haven’t had the chance to taste in until my father unwittingly purchased a case of this. I must have mocked him for 10 minutes before I actually tried the beer. For an ale it was bad. Drinkable... I guess, but bad. There are way worse beers out there, but this watery ale, without much noticable flavour is certainly not amongst the better. And it is true, as another reviewer mentioned, this tastes more like a lager than an ale (maybe it is actually a lager in disguise?).
Tried
on 02 Nov 2006
at 22:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
pours a thin white head. Color is a yellow-gold. Aroma has a scent of lime. Flavor is good and nice carbonation level. Finishes a bit flat-metallic. Almost as good as Tsing Tao.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2005
at 17:53
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Golden colour. Slight spicy hop presence, decent balance, and very light mossy, earthy nuances towards the finish.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2005
at 01:32
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Canned(355ml). -thanks to my friend who hardly bought this beer during US Open 2004. soury and skanky, some hops in the finish
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2004
at 09:30
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
I have heard of this beer for many years, though really I did not expect much from it. In wish I could have tried this on in it’s prime - when legend has it that it was a better beer. +++Sampled from a 12 oz green bottle this beer poured a medium golden color with just a hint of a white head. There was a sour almost skunky aroma with a hint of hops. The flavor was sour, vaguely skunky, a hint of malt and a corn syrup quality. A skunky bitterness lingered on the finish. Wholly forgettable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2004
at 23:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried this solely because I wanted to be like Hunter S Thompson. Surprisingly not that bad at all. A decent flavor, some hops to speak of and not skunky. Though it's not anything great, don't get me wrong. Very golden and sparkly, small white head, aroma of club soda and light hops.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2004
at 13:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
GABF 2002: Falstaff Brewing? This was at the Pearl Brewing Co. table at GABF. Fruity and citric aroma. Light gold. Mild balanced flavor. Medium bitter finish. Light overall. Better than expected, but rather middle of the road.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2002
at 07:58