AM Gold
Union Craft Brewing Company
- From:
- Union Craft Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Cream Ale
Ranked #26 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #18,644 - Avg:
- 3.95 | pDev: 8.61%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 8
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Coffee Cream Ale collaboration with Ceremony Coffee Roasters.
Volume I (9/2014) - Ethiopian Sasaba coffee
Volume II (3/2015) - Sumatra Sabri coffee
Volume III (9/2015) - Wazzala Ethiopian Heirloom coffee
Volume I (9/2014) - Ethiopian Sasaba coffee
Volume II (3/2015) - Sumatra Sabri coffee
Volume III (9/2015) - Wazzala Ethiopian Heirloom coffee
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Reviewed by BubbleBobble from New York
3.74/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours hazy dark yellow from the can, light 0.5" head, no lacing. Nose is light coffee, corn, lemon peel, milk. Taste is has a mild, rounded sweetness that's well balanced by some bitter, earthy noble hop and some fresh grain on the finish. Not picking up a ton of distinct coffee flavor here, though there is enough bitterness for me to accept that it's there. Mouthfeel is super soft and full without being heavy. Overall, a nice, low ABV take on the coffee cream ale variant.
Mar 18, 2022
Reviewed by daliandragon from Maryland
4.01/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This is an interesting hybrid style that has arisen and I am intrigued as to how UC, who I respect a lot as a brewer, will choose to interpret it. Pretty honey color and no head and a busy nose with a light bread note, noble hops and stanky coffee holding court. This is a bit of an oxymoron as the flavor is big but the body is light and the taste is roasted and earthy, yet resiny bitterness is what I get most in the finish. Still, as a cream ale it is refreshing, moderately carbonated, and easy to slam. Eclectic but workmanlike performance from union.
Oct 16, 2021
Reviewed by bubseymour from Maryland
3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Had a pint of the volume AM Gold Vol. VI at Dan's Taphouse in Boonsboro MD. Decent beer, but not quite as sessionable as other cream ales. This one has a roasty/smokey quality to it and I suppose its from the coffee additive. Decent, but not quite up to the level of some of Unions other lighter beers.
Dec 17, 2017
Rated by DrBier from Pennsylvania
3.69/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On draft at Max's. Very tasty cream ale but I got very little coffee in the or taste. I am curious what others think of this version.
Nov 20, 2015
Reviewed by qchic from Maryland
4.09/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a crazy beer without seeming too crazy. Nice execution by Union with this one--all kinds of earthy coffee in a medium bodied cream ale. Much better than stone's master of disguise. Yeah, yeah, they're diff styles, but similar idea.
Apr 12, 2015
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