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Golden Stag Blended Beer
Devils Backbone Brewing Company
- From:
- Devils Backbone Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 6.37%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 29, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 12, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by robebo44:
Rated by robebo44 from Virginia
3.25/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
May 28, 2016
3.25/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
May 28, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by MacMalt from New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into pint glass. It pours a hazy golden-amber with 1.5 fingers of foamy, milk-white head and lacing with excellent retention. It smells of bready malt, caramel, grass, and earthy hops. It has a nice malty backbone with biscuit and caramel and finishes fairly bitter with a touch of floral hops. It is medium-bodied, moderately carbonated, and at 5.5% you can drink a lot of it. Overall, this beer has a nice balance of malt and hops. It's well-crafted and enjoyable. I'd like to try it on draught.
Oct 29, 2016Reviewed by 88caprice from Virginia
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: Brassy. Creamy head is thin, but persistent. Nice lacing. Bubbles everywhere.
Smell: A cool and fresh citrus, sweet white grape aroma. Grassy and hoppy with pale malts at the same time.
Taste: Brash hop bitterness that gives way to some malty flavors, but returns for an astringent bitter finish. Hop bitterness is brash in tone, but definitely not at full volume. Dialed way back from an in-your-face IPA, but still a bitter-forward brew.
Feel: On the lighter side, but still ale-like. Somewhat smooth.
Aug 05, 2016Smell: A cool and fresh citrus, sweet white grape aroma. Grassy and hoppy with pale malts at the same time.
Taste: Brash hop bitterness that gives way to some malty flavors, but returns for an astringent bitter finish. Hop bitterness is brash in tone, but definitely not at full volume. Dialed way back from an in-your-face IPA, but still a bitter-forward brew.
Feel: On the lighter side, but still ale-like. Somewhat smooth.
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
4.05/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours clear, gold in color, with one inch head. Taste is grain, light apple and lemony hops. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and slight bitterness. Another great lawnmower beer. I could do several of these.
Jul 13, 2016Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.69/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle poured into a pint
A- pours a clear golden color with a thin foamy white head that reduces to a ring around the edge
S- smells of toasted grains, faint grassy hops, along with some earthy notes
T- grainy and crackery malt up front gives bold toasted notes, with undertones of grassy and floral hops. The finish gives more toasted notes with an earthy linger
M- medium body and carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a crisp dry finish
O- pretty malty and tasty throughout, goes down easy
Jun 29, 2016A- pours a clear golden color with a thin foamy white head that reduces to a ring around the edge
S- smells of toasted grains, faint grassy hops, along with some earthy notes
T- grainy and crackery malt up front gives bold toasted notes, with undertones of grassy and floral hops. The finish gives more toasted notes with an earthy linger
M- medium body and carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a crisp dry finish
O- pretty malty and tasty throughout, goes down easy
Reviewed by Beejay from Virginia
3.33/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Golden in color with a light haze and a nice white head.
S: Light malt aroma, as well as perhaps a little of a rice smell in there.. grainy, with a hint of straw. Light herbal hop aroma.
T: Lightly sweet, with some fruity notes, and a fairly strong herbal bitterness in the finish. A weird little guy.
M: Medium light in body, high carbonation, and dry. There is a long lingering bitterness that is almost astringent.
O: Overall that beer is meh...
May 27, 2016S: Light malt aroma, as well as perhaps a little of a rice smell in there.. grainy, with a hint of straw. Light herbal hop aroma.
T: Lightly sweet, with some fruity notes, and a fairly strong herbal bitterness in the finish. A weird little guy.
M: Medium light in body, high carbonation, and dry. There is a long lingering bitterness that is almost astringent.
O: Overall that beer is meh...
Reviewed by OldSwampy from Virginia
3.94/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A nice golden color with moderate white head and moderate carbonation - in appearance, a classic golden yellow beer. Nose seems to promise more lager content than ale, with lager aromatics. Taste features a refreshing hop bitterness, some lager texture and flavor, but moves into a bit of lean ale maltiness at the end. Refreshing. The hybrid aspect could probably go unnoticed by many drinkers, who could simply perceive it as a strongly flavored lager. Tasty.
May 14, 2016Reviewed by Lagerlivesmatter from West Virginia
3.67/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Blonde Ale.. Pale Ale.. not sure on the differences but this seems like most non IPA Pale Ales ive had. Solid beer. Fairly well balanced but hop forward. A bit lackluster on the finish but not bad. SN Pale Ale is better in my opinion.
Got it in a mixed 12 pack from DB. Would not turn one down by any means, but I wouldn't seek it out either. Of course im not a huge fan of the style anyway so bare that in mind. Enjoyable nonetheless.
May 03, 2016Got it in a mixed 12 pack from DB. Would not turn one down by any means, but I wouldn't seek it out either. Of course im not a huge fan of the style anyway so bare that in mind. Enjoyable nonetheless.
Reviewed by hophugger from Virginia
3.64/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
They call this an American Blonde. It is excellent, hoppy and to me seems like a cross between a hoppy lager and a good IPA. Minimal head and non-existent lacing but very sessionable and so so refreshing
Apr 19, 2016Reviewed by Zylod from West Virginia
3.63/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.63/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This was busted out of a DB Adventure Pack. Per the brewer it's a mix of the brewer's Gold Leaf Lager and Eight Point IPA. Basically, it just makes it a little less hoppy IPA....was decent but probably not one that will be easy to find and not worth seeking out. Seems to be more of the company just trying to fill up the Adventure pack with a "different" beer.
Apr 12, 2016
Golden Stag Blended Beer from Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
18 ratings
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