Alpine Gold
Tied House Cafe & Brewery

Draft at Tied House. Don’t be hating folks, this actually a pretty tasty golden. Clear and bright, small head, big, bold grainy aroma and taste. Bready and sweet. Tasty to a fault, minor bite, leaves the palate clean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22 oz bottle poured in a pint glass.

A- Light, clear copper color. Extremely weak carbonation, no head. Some moderate lacing. Looks like cider. Not very pretty.

S- Grassy, hoppy, a bit acrid.

T- A bit citrusy, and that's about it. Disappointing flavor.

M- Wayyy too watery.

O- At best a middling beer, at worst drain-fodder. Would avoid again.

Faintly cloudy dark orangish yellow, it has a medium off-white head soon thinning to a foamy ring.

Aroma is old bread, vegetable, soap, hay, cheap wine. It is not very good at all.

Taste is worse - slightly sour vinegary grain and bread dough, light, very vaguely peppery bitterness, with a light gummy grain aftertaste. Feel is decent. This seems both simple and rough, something I won't bother with again.

22oz bottle poured into pint glass

Pours a clear golden color with some darker tones. A crop of white head dissolves with a few spots of lacing left behind.

Scents of wheat and grain with sweeter honey and light fruit character. Very muted though, with some near-adjunct like pangs.

A bit sweet with some honey and toasted grains. Slightly bready, hints of metallic notes with a strange, confusing smoke-like suggestion. The malt falls away quickly towards a dry finish with a soft touch of hops.

Lighter medium body, decent carbonation, a little creamy on the palate. I'm not really into blonde ales in the first place, but this was definitely a miss for me.

A - Bright gold and hazy with decent head initially, though not great retention...light lacing and minimal ring clings to glass.

S - Surprisingly rich and complex...a heavy dose of malt with more than a whiff of barnyard aromas. Interesting...

T - Following the nose, pretty rich and flavorful, somewhat untamed, but in a pleasant way. Quite a bit of spice and bitterness for the style with that barnyard character making an appearance, not what one would necessarily expect.

M - Moderate-light feel and quite effervescent.

D - Certainly interesting if somewhat unconventional. I has a home-brewed quality which is sort of fun.

Light appearance. Pale golden straw color. Nice head forms from seemingly large bubbles leaving a nice creamy bumpy head, some legs gently cling.

Aroma is slight malt, slight noble hop, but something is off.

Taste is immediately harsh with high carbonation and bitterness combining for way too high bitterness for the style. Phenolic off flavor. Malt present, but overpowered by bitterness and band-aids.

Medium light body.

I couldn't finish this beer. Significant off flavors that lingered on my palate. Medicinal, band-aid like.

Tried this bomber on a whim from a local BevMo. Pours dark gold with a moderately sized white head, decent lace. Some malt character and a hop balance disguised beneath chlorophenols, band-aid and smoke. Flavor and smoke and band-aids up front with a good amount of malt backing. Hops are completely lost, light to moderate bitterness. Light to moderately heavy, moderate carbonation, heavier than a typical blonde, but balanced feel. Drinkability would be decent to good, but not with the obvious chlorophenolic defects.