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The Golden One
High Hops Brewery
- From:
- High Hops Brewery
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
Ranked #229 - ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,781 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 13.13%
- Reviews:
- 6
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 07, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 26, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Ratings by hozersr:
Rated by hozersr from Pennsylvania
3.74/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 26, 2016
3.74/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Aug 26, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by akaizer from Virginia
3.63/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pour had a rapidly receding white foam head over a clear pale straw body. The lemon verbena and coriander dominate the scent with notes of hoppy citrus evident. Taste follows with a citrusy, herbal explosion and notes of alcohol peeking out. Feel is crisp, mildly carbonated but I can't help but wish it was a bit more pils-y. Overall the lemon and coriander infusion make for a fun offering but one that I would enjoy one of rather than 3, 4, or 6 of from a pack.
Oct 07, 2023Reviewed by D-Duvelicious from Illinois
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can sourced from a Beer-of-the-month club.
L: Poured in glass, minimal head and zero lacing. Ironically named “The Golden One” as very light straw color, slight haziness and minimal carbonation.
S: Lemon verbena, coriander, and whiff of orange peel.
T: Light and citrusy. Refreshing taste, albeit not traditional Pilsner.
O: Not a high hop experience implied by Brewery name, but crushable pleasant tasting brew
Sep 23, 2023L: Poured in glass, minimal head and zero lacing. Ironically named “The Golden One” as very light straw color, slight haziness and minimal carbonation.
S: Lemon verbena, coriander, and whiff of orange peel.
T: Light and citrusy. Refreshing taste, albeit not traditional Pilsner.
O: Not a high hop experience implied by Brewery name, but crushable pleasant tasting brew
Reviewed by Beaver13 from Colorado
3.42/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can, enjoy by 10/25/18. Pours clear light straw gold with a small creamy white head that goes to a thin film that leaves a little lacing.
The aroma is sweet lemon and perfumey spice.
The flavor is lots of sweet lemon with a spiced finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.
Overall, not much of a pils, but an interesting sweet spiced lemon beer.
Sep 17, 2018The aroma is sweet lemon and perfumey spice.
The flavor is lots of sweet lemon with a spiced finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with low carbonation.
Overall, not much of a pils, but an interesting sweet spiced lemon beer.
Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado
3.43/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L; Clear light straw gold color with not much of a white head and very little lacing on the glass.
S: Bready and some floral aromas, some toasted biscuit and a slight aspirin aroma. Not an overly strong aroma.
T: Bready and very sweet, as it warms a bit the sweetness mellows a bit, but still quite sweet for a pilsener, Some floral hops in the background.
F: A little heavy in body for a pilsener, but creamy smooth and pretty easy drinking.
O: This pils is definitely drinkable, however, it feels a little overly sweet for a pilsener.
Jun 10, 2017S: Bready and some floral aromas, some toasted biscuit and a slight aspirin aroma. Not an overly strong aroma.
T: Bready and very sweet, as it warms a bit the sweetness mellows a bit, but still quite sweet for a pilsener, Some floral hops in the background.
F: A little heavy in body for a pilsener, but creamy smooth and pretty easy drinking.
O: This pils is definitely drinkable, however, it feels a little overly sweet for a pilsener.
Reviewed by hoptheology from California
4.07/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
Pours a pilsy golden color with some dank creaminess, a head that goes on for days and lasts a fair while. Lace is left in specks. 80% opaque.
Aromas of asprin, orange julius, plenty of orange froth, and a distinct herbal quality that stands out with spices complimenting it and finally lemon pith. Out of the 697 beers I've reviewed on here, this one smells like none of the others. NONE of the others. Love it. Original! 5!
The flavor is like a two sided coin. It's very malty to start, with biscuit and crystal malts; and then on the flip side you get pure lemon scrapings and hop character with hints of pine breathing out the finish. It's insanely crushable but some of the flavors don't exactly mince well together.
Feel is equally carbonated and creamy. Strikes a rare balance. In the gut it fills up quite uncomfortably though, so the sessionability is diminished a bit. Still, easy drinking and begs for another sip...
My scores are all over the place for this one. However, I think overall it's a decent beer and I wouldn't discourage anyone from picking up a six pack if you want a pilsner-ish malty beer with generous rinds of juicy lemon and a breath of hop at the end.
Dec 17, 2015Aromas of asprin, orange julius, plenty of orange froth, and a distinct herbal quality that stands out with spices complimenting it and finally lemon pith. Out of the 697 beers I've reviewed on here, this one smells like none of the others. NONE of the others. Love it. Original! 5!
The flavor is like a two sided coin. It's very malty to start, with biscuit and crystal malts; and then on the flip side you get pure lemon scrapings and hop character with hints of pine breathing out the finish. It's insanely crushable but some of the flavors don't exactly mince well together.
Feel is equally carbonated and creamy. Strikes a rare balance. In the gut it fills up quite uncomfortably though, so the sessionability is diminished a bit. Still, easy drinking and begs for another sip...
My scores are all over the place for this one. However, I think overall it's a decent beer and I wouldn't discourage anyone from picking up a six pack if you want a pilsner-ish malty beer with generous rinds of juicy lemon and a breath of hop at the end.
Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.76/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
quite an interesting can of beer here, called the golden one, but it only looks that way in a bright light. in normal light, it looks murky and even a little pink, which cant be explained by its ingredients. a blonde type brewed with lemon verbena. i think its the best use of that i have seen in a beer, and having grown plenty of it this summer, i can attest that its flavor in this beer is really genuine, fresh, and forward. im surprised how pungent it is, almost perfume-like there in the nose, and a pils malt base stays out of the way there too. its like lemongrass but a little more herbal and a little more citric, tea-like, and refreshing. its also excellent for health, so a few of these might be a good idea. clean finishing and easy down, even though there quite a bit of residual yeast floating around in here and some body with it. its carbonation is through the roof, and it helps it be more easy drinking. better in summer than winter i think, but a very unique beer, and a definite contribution to the growing colorado craft canned beer game. sweet that these guys grow their own hops too, not many doing that!
Dec 12, 2014
The Golden One from High Hops Brewery
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
21 ratings
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