Golden Ale
Durango Brewing
- From:
- Durango Brewing
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 11.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2015
- Added:
- May 11, 2006
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by 303beer from Colorado
3.87/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.87/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
This blond gives head. Nice amount of carbonation. Golden blond in color. Nice light malt taste to it. Not much to the hops but you can taste them. The hops are Yakima Valley. Nice clean beer. Gonna enjoy this six pack. Cheers
Apr 14, 2015
Reviewed by JuicesFlowing from Kansas
3.9/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +12.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into a shaker pint.
Beer is a straw golden color, almost white head that recedes to chunks of bubbles with decent sticky lacing.
Aroma is sweet, malty, grassy.
Taste is very malty and grassy up front with faint lemon. Subtle hops in the finish.
Mouthfeel is light and dry.
Overall, a very nice brew with subtle flavors for easy drinking. Would love this in the summer.
Feb 10, 2013Beer is a straw golden color, almost white head that recedes to chunks of bubbles with decent sticky lacing.
Aroma is sweet, malty, grassy.
Taste is very malty and grassy up front with faint lemon. Subtle hops in the finish.
Mouthfeel is light and dry.
Overall, a very nice brew with subtle flavors for easy drinking. Would love this in the summer.
Reviewed by LittleDon from Texas
3.47/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Golden and clear with a filmy head with little retention. Grainy aroma with some sweetness. A bit flat up front. Nice bitterness in middle and end. Good flavor, but lacking in carbonation. Flavor fades toward the end. Light mouthfeel. Average warm weather beer.
Sep 05, 2010
Reviewed by JamisonM from Arizona
2.5/5 rDev -28.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.5/5 rDev -28.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: poured the beer hard and still very small white head that almost instantly went away just like a macro
S: slight sweet smell thats all
T: tastes like less clean more sweet version of coors a grainy beer
M: med mouth with light carbonation
D: not very drinkable
overall: no freshness date I hope this was not a fresh bottle but man I did not like this beer at all.
Aug 19, 2010S: slight sweet smell thats all
T: tastes like less clean more sweet version of coors a grainy beer
M: med mouth with light carbonation
D: not very drinkable
overall: no freshness date I hope this was not a fresh bottle but man I did not like this beer at all.
Reviewed by LXIXME from New Mexico
3.15/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a clear golden colored with a medium sized white head, that leaves a nice small white lacing.
The aroma and taste of this golden are both heavy with lemony citrus notes and hints of light hops.
Durango Golden Ale leaves a dry lemony aftertaste that's pretty decent.
Nov 18, 2009The aroma and taste of this golden are both heavy with lemony citrus notes and hints of light hops.
Durango Golden Ale leaves a dry lemony aftertaste that's pretty decent.
Reviewed by benito from Oregon
3.29/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.29/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
This pours dark for a blonde ale--more (toasted) almond in color than golden, but it has a nice, lasting creamy head. Notes of honey and light maltiness in the bouquet, as well as a hint of grape and dough--these complexities are easily the standout aspect of this brew. The flavor is dominated by light, toasted malts--there might even be a hint of chocolate malt in there--and a little, nondescript fruitiness in the finish. Creamy mouthfeel with above-average length, though the bitter aftertaste does detract from overall drinkability.
Overall, this is an easy-drinking and somewhat undistinguished blonde ale. Neither the most interesting, most drinkable, nor most offensive offering from Durango Brewing, but it's worth a look and has the potential to be a nice "conversion" brew for macro drinkers.
Nov 28, 2007Overall, this is an easy-drinking and somewhat undistinguished blonde ale. Neither the most interesting, most drinkable, nor most offensive offering from Durango Brewing, but it's worth a look and has the potential to be a nice "conversion" brew for macro drinkers.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.72/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.72/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours light honey with a1.5" white head, Minimal head retention and lacing
Smell: Malt and honey, accompanied by floral hops
Taste: Sweet and malty with a nice easy piney hop bite on the tounge. Finishes dry and fruitty
MF: Under carbonated and slightly syruppy
Drinks very easy, A nice simple spring/summer quaffer
May 11, 2006Smell: Malt and honey, accompanied by floral hops
Taste: Sweet and malty with a nice easy piney hop bite on the tounge. Finishes dry and fruitty
MF: Under carbonated and slightly syruppy
Drinks very easy, A nice simple spring/summer quaffer
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