6.5/10
Tasted at Snallygaster 2025.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2025
at 00:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can. Malty, smooth, super sessionable. Great balance, has a pinch more hop depth than is typical for the style, but still fully true to style. Well attenuated. Great stuff.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2025
at 03:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
At Goldfinger Oktoberfest. I was told the recipe does change each year, depending on available hops, so this would count as a new batch, yes? Besides, look at it! Deep amber in a one-litre mug! Pillowy white head. Not much more than a standard lager nose, I'll admit. Taste is full of malts, a little bit of hop flower. Very hearty and filling. German hops are not overly peppery, may be some other European hops here, too.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 20 Sep 2025
at 19:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16oz can c/o Ryan. Interesting beer, a slight departure from uber-classical stuff. I think of Sparkling Ales as an Australian thing. I'd imagine they have or had a more English tone there. Not sure. Great body, mouthfeel. Hop tone is classical but also a little bit of a juicy edge, not so much in the aroma as the flavor. Pretzely malts and quality corn tone collide. Good stuff, best example of the elusive Sparkling Ale I've had.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2025
at 03:50
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
500ml bottle. Pretty much the ultimate Bock. So clean, perfect balance. Beautiful malt tone. World Class stuff.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2025
at 00:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Color here is gold heading toward Amber, creamy white head. Smell has the PNW pine rasin, papaya and citrus fruit. Taste is much bigger on hops than its started IBU would have you think. Very nicely bitter, then some tropical fruit up the side. Yet it keeps a dry finish. A lot of lace stays behind on the side of the glass. Hoppiness kind of requires you o drink this slowly. Just regret they didn't do a slow pour like their regular pills.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2025
at 12:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
from
Horrocks Farm Market
on 21 Jul 2025
at 21:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at Goldfinger's 5th Lagerversary. Solid gold lager beer color with a thin layer of foam. Full noble hop nose. Sparkling, yes, though these are not quite champagne bubbles. Nice and dry along with some fine carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 19 Jul 2025
at 20:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Goldfinger's 5th Lagerversary. Brown pour with a slight haze and a thin white head. Lots of caramel roast malt in the nose. Taste is lightly sweet, but more from its thick malts. Traditional German hopping comes in to make it all good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Goldfinger Brewing Company
on 19 Jul 2025
at 20:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16oz can. Very easy going Summer Lager. Has some pleasant, quality malt tone, flowery hops. Medium bodied, straightforward, incredibly drinkable. Grew on me a lot as I sipped at it. Unique. Good. Perfect balance.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2025
at 02:15