Hook & Ladder Golden Ale
Hook & Ladder Brewing Company (No. 2)

Hook & Ladder Golden AleHook & Ladder Golden Ale
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From:
Hook & Ladder Brewing Company (No. 2)
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
American Blonde Ale
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
73
Avg:
3.15 | pDev: 16.19%
Reviews:
119
Ratings:
154
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 19, 2014
Added:
Apr 28, 2007
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by GratefulBeerGuy:
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Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire

3.17/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Yet another brewery/beer that pays homage to firefighter's, seems like a very popular thing to do these days. "A penny in every pint" says the lable. "For evey barrel we sell, we make a donation to a local burn foundation" Seems like a good cause. This was brewed by Mercury Brewing Co. out of Ipswich, MA.

A yellow golden color with only a slight haze, very fizzy with a one-finger, thick, smooth and dense head that dissipates slow to only minor lacing.

Musty scented spices over sour dough bread, wheat 'n grains with a semi-sweet,red berry scent and a pine-tree resin hop edge.

The flavor at first is a toasted sour dough malt that is quickly dominated by an sweet 'n sour, lager like yeast effect that throws off the balance a bit. A semi-sweet, red-berries hop flavor does it's best to bring back balance but the musty herbal yeast tends to pop back in the picture and finshes with a lager-esque tangy yeast flavor. This one tastes much like an Australian sparkling ale but a bit fruitier.

Feel is light and crisp but ends pretty smooth.

I can't say i really enjoy the overall effect due to the balance being askew with a dominating yeasiness.
Nov 30, 2007
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Hook & Ladder Golden Ale from Hook & Ladder Brewing Company (No. 2)
Beer rating: 73 out of 100 with 154 ratings