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Golden Sour
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
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- From:
- Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 3.7%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 7.98%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 21, 2019
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 27
- Gots:
- 34
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
Notes:
Wild ale aged in white wine barrels with lemon zest added.
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Reviewed by SHODriver from North Carolina
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle from 2014
A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a light and clear gold topped by a fluffy and rocky two finger white head which fades quickly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing
S: Smells of wine barrels, slight funk, cracker malt and some lemon zest
T: Taste is clean and bright acidity with some nice lemon flavors, slight wine barrel with some mineral notes, slight grape skin, a little funk, and a hint of cracker malt. On the swallow there's more lemony sourness with some melon, slight funk, and lingering oak with a little more white wine on the back end
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of medium and slightly slick on the palate. Carbonation is effervescent without being prickly and the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this is an impressive amount of flavor packed into a low ABV package. Really nice complexity on this one that hits all the notes you want to see in a wild ale without the sourness being way over the top. Worth a try if they make this one again.
Nov 21, 2019A: Poured into a Duvel tulip to a light and clear gold topped by a fluffy and rocky two finger white head which fades quickly to a collar around the edge of the glass with minimal lacing
S: Smells of wine barrels, slight funk, cracker malt and some lemon zest
T: Taste is clean and bright acidity with some nice lemon flavors, slight wine barrel with some mineral notes, slight grape skin, a little funk, and a hint of cracker malt. On the swallow there's more lemony sourness with some melon, slight funk, and lingering oak with a little more white wine on the back end
M: This beer has a body which is on the lighter side of medium and slightly slick on the palate. Carbonation is effervescent without being prickly and the beer has a drying finish due to the acidity.
O: Overall this is an impressive amount of flavor packed into a low ABV package. Really nice complexity on this one that hits all the notes you want to see in a wild ale without the sourness being way over the top. Worth a try if they make this one again.
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.94/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.94/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
A good flavour delivery for lower alcohol (though not the price). Lemon there, sour solid for a couple years old. Some white wine barreling. For sour fans.
Sep 03, 2017
Reviewed by popery from California
3.94/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The beer is a yellow orange. Clouded over. Smallish white head. Not much retention. Very nice mix of sour and funk in the aroma. Little bit of sweet lemon with an acidic edge. Light fresh grain note. Mild lacto yogurt. Good depth which a lot of sours lack, so that’s nice. Taste isn’t quite as successful for me but still solid. Moderate sourness, picks up a bit in the finish. Medium to light body. Some soft fluffiness. Medium lemon flavor. Some funk depth but not quite what the nose promises. Oak is kinda buttery, nice flavor.
Aug 02, 2015
Rated by Rhettroactive from Virginia
4.03/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Shocking - a PB $30 bottle that actually tastes good.
Jun 20, 2015
Golden Sour from Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
147 ratings
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