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Fool's Gold Ale
Auburn Alehouse Brewery & Restaurant
- From:
- Auburn Alehouse Brewery & Restaurant
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 17.12%
- Reviews:
- 16
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 09, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 11, 2010
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
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Rated by Radome from Florida
4.06/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +21.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted on tap at the Happy Viking, Yuba City, CA.
Jan 28, 2018Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.56/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from 500mL bottle into a pint glass. Bottled 7/27/16.
Appearance: light golden hue with a moderate effervescence and no haze at all. Head is a finger of frothy tan foam. Not bad, but I like my IPA with a little more attitude.
Smell: earthy, piney hops with perhaps just a little herbal character. Sweetness is pretty high, but overall the composition is nice.
Taste: bitter, sweet and earthy. Hop character isn't strong but bitterness and sweetness are right up there. Could be age, or could be by design.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: perhaps not outstanding but a perfectly cromulent IPA, if a little on the sweet side.
Dec 20, 2016Appearance: light golden hue with a moderate effervescence and no haze at all. Head is a finger of frothy tan foam. Not bad, but I like my IPA with a little more attitude.
Smell: earthy, piney hops with perhaps just a little herbal character. Sweetness is pretty high, but overall the composition is nice.
Taste: bitter, sweet and earthy. Hop character isn't strong but bitterness and sweetness are right up there. Could be age, or could be by design.
Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess.
Overall: perhaps not outstanding but a perfectly cromulent IPA, if a little on the sweet side.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.29/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Enjoy by 10/14/15. 7.8% ABV per the label.
Pours a hazy orange with a foamy beige head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small patches of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Tiny particles of sediment are seen floating around in the beer after the pour. Smell is of malt, candied citrus zest, earthy hop, and sliqght cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with candied citrus zest, citrus juice, and earth flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that seems past its prime even though I am trying this before the enjoy by date.
Serving type: bottle.
Oct 10, 2015Pours a hazy orange with a foamy beige head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Small patches of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Tiny particles of sediment are seen floating around in the beer after the pour. Smell is of malt, candied citrus zest, earthy hop, and sliqght cardboard aromas. Taste is much the same with candied citrus zest, citrus juice, and earth flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that seems past its prime even though I am trying this before the enjoy by date.
Serving type: bottle.
Rated by avwrite from California
3.29/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.29/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Amber color, decent taste, but nothing to rave about. Had a fruity flavor to it with hints of citrus.
Feb 11, 2015Reviewed by GClarkage from California
4.35/5 rDev +30.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.35/5 rDev +30.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Technically, according to the label this is a IPA. I find this beer hard to find fresh. I was lucky enough to find one only a month from the bottling date. I believe the freshness makes a big difference in this beer. Very hop forward pale.
Jan 03, 2015
Fool's Gold Ale from Auburn Alehouse Brewery & Restaurant
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
63 ratings
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