shrubber (15804) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 2.5
Grape, malt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with small, very short-lasting head and moderate effervescence. Very sweet but not quite cloying grape/fructose, malt, and mildly bitter straw flavor. Okay body. Surprisingly it doesn't taste bad; there are no off flavors, but it's like drinking sugar water
superspak (10160) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
24 ounce bottle into lager glass, bottled on 7/23/2018. Pours crystal clear pale golden yellow color with a foamy soda off white head with poor retention, that reduces to a nothing very quickly. No glass lacing, fair amount of streaming carbonation, and clinging bubbles on the glass. Okay appearance. Aromas of white grape juice, roses, wine, cracker, corn, white bread, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hops. Nice aromas with good balance of grapes/wine flavors, pale malt, sugar, and slight herbal hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big white grape juice, roses, wine, cracker, corn, white bread, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hops. Mild herbal/grassy bitterness, and grape tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of white grape juice, roses, wine, cracker, corn, white bread, white sugar, and light herbal/grassy hop notes of the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of grapes/wine flavors, pale malt, sugar, and slight herbal hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitter/tartness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Very crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/tartness and carbonation. High carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, fairly grainy, and lightly syrupy/acidic/tangy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 5.4%. Overall this is a very tasty flavored malt liquor. All around nice robustness and balance of grapes/wine flavors, pale malt, sugar, and slight herbal hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Not overly sweet from crisp carbonated dryness. Tastes like a wine cooler more than a malt liquor, but I rate on enjoyment for weird stuff like this. They did really well for whatever they were going for on the champagne-like flavor profile. A very enjoyable offering.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
From old tasting notes. Brewed in Trenton, NJ. Clear bubbly pale gold color. Brief white head.msweet fruity aroma, more like soda pop than beer. Gassy sweet soda pop flavor. Not much beer flavor here. Tart finish and aftertaste.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Champale Extra Dry from Champale 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
From old tasting notes. Brewed in Trenton, NJ. Medium gold color. Vinous grape-like aroma. Flavor is dry and light, reminiscent of cheap champagne. Sweet, tangy finish. Unique, but not good.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy spicy apple aroma. Sweetish fruity malty grainy flavor. Has a sweetishmmalty grainy finish.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
RBSG. St. Louis. God Why? Pours gold with white head. Nose/taste of cheap champagne, fruity alcohol. Light bodied.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Champale Extra Dry from Champale 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1
Bottle. RBSG. No label wanted. Pours cloudy yellow. White head. Nose/taste of cheap champagne, lemon alcohol and passed out subway hobo. Lighter medium body.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle @ the pussy palace. Pours a Gazza gold ale appearance with a thin head. Spritzy apple, smarties candy aroma. Juicy sweet pear, candy flavor. Not a malt liquor, Moran’s.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Champale Extra Dry from Champale 11 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
Bottle @ the pussy palace. Pours a light yellow appearance with a tiny head. Apple / pear cider, white wine nose. Apple cider flavor. Wat¿? Drinks fine but really isn’t a malt liquor.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Champale Golden from Champale 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Bottle at the hotel lobby, pre Grand Tasting RBWG 2013. Pours clear gold with a faint filmy head. Some rotting citrus in the nose. Big sweet flavor, some alcoholic Tang, rank orange, artificial flavors. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet, pukey finish, more rotting citrus, sugar. Pretty gross. Not a pleasure.