Fine Acre: 6.5 – It’s basically what you would expect form Allagash making a golden ale. Oh sure we’d take a regular White over this, but it’s got lightness, hops, and a bit of nut – it is overall delicious
Price Average: $12 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Cross Path: 4.5 – It’s soft and malty but with some spice that is sort of like rosemary? There’s a lot of oats here though like more than an oatmeal stout and it sort of dominates. It’s okay overall.
Price Average: $4
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Big Wave: 6.0 – There is a nice sweet aftertaste here that makes it easy to recommend to others. Overall it’s an okay golden ale – and does little aside from the pineapple-esque taste to elevate this beer into something great.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://konabrewingco.com/
Light Brigade Golden Beer: 5.5 – It’s a nice hoppier beer, while not being too crazy hopped or bitter. It’s not exactly an overall enjoyable beer, the kind you’d enjoy one of, or one once in a while.
Price Average: $5
Website: https://www.robinsonsbrewery.com/
St. Peter’s Golden Ale: 3.0 – It has much more depth and almost lager like quality over a golden. It’s almost nutty. There is a weird mint like aftertaste, overall it just feels like a wrong grab bag mix of beer flavors.
Price Average: $5
Website: http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/
Cigar City Golden Ale: 6.5 – That is a very good combo of wheat/malt and bread like flavors. This is a very good spring time beer, being delicious and easy to drink, but not as light or pale as a true summer beer. There is a tiny bit of a ‘bite’ to this beer (it’s not the alcohol), that’s intriguing as well.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.cigarcitybrewing.com/
Oppigards Golden Ale: 4.0 – Not really a great ale, there’s a bit of sweetness to it, and the farmhouse style of yeast does bring something. Overall though it’s unremarkable, and I hope the lager fares better.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.oppigards.com/en/
Gold Strike Ale: 6.5 – This is a really good ale. I quite like it. Once again (as evidenced by the Berkshire tag) they manage to deliver a very good tasting ale (with some fruit/meat flavors in this) that comes at a value price.
Price Average: $5
Website: http://www.berkshirebrewingcompany.com/
Duvel Belgian Golden Ale: 6.0 – Poor slowly when you do this because this is a seriously bottle conditioned head-y beer. However I love the lingering aftertaste from this beer – it’s kinda like what brewers try to pass off as nuts and bananas. For the record we are now more than 1/4 of the way done and this is the highest so far (just barely beat last week’s Dos Equis)
Price $4 (375mL bottle, which is not pictured above)
Website: http://www.duvel.com/
Count: 14/71
Whitetail: 3.0 – As far as Golden Ales go I am just not a fan. It’s not offensive or just par, but something is very wrong with it.
Google Shop Average: Name $9 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.rockartbrewery.com/