Golden Ale
Machine House Brewery

Undated bottle. Pours an unfiltered golden amber, light head, moderate carbonation. Taste is right on for the style. Malt forward, with a pleasant hoppiness to keep things interesting. Personally, i prefer bitters, but this brings back memories.

 

Thursday, November 18, 2021 3:08 PM
500 mL ounce bottle to wine glass
Sight: Light amber, golden, slightly hazy, small foam, lacing
Smell: malty aroma, not a lot
Taste: slightly bitter, no full bodied complex flavors
Mouth feel: slightly tart,good carbonation, good follow through, dry finish, slightly bitter aftertaste
Overall: Very good beer, ok to repear not to look for

 

500ml bottle to an Imperial pint nonic.

Mild aroma (pun intended). Biscuit and light citrus, grass.

Bright golden amber color, clear, 1/2 inch white fluffy head, with sufficient retention, leaving spotty lacing.

Taste has biscuit malts behind grassy hops, somewhat bitter in the middle, with the bittering swelling a bit with time.

The flavor from the malts and hops is delectable; biscuit, grass, a bit of citrus. Approaching the finish, the biscuit malts reassert just before the moderately bitter, grassy aftertaste carries through. A very delightful interplay among the flavors.

The body is moderately thin, with good carbonation.

It is listed as an English Pale Mild on BA; the brewer labels it as a Golden Ale English Style. I would describe it as an English Pale Mild with a tilt toward American Pale Ale character. At 4.5% ABV, this beer packs in a lot of flavor and interest.

 

 

Slightly hazy yellowish amber beer, with a wisp of foam in the Wander snifter. Lots of sediment in the bottle. Light body. Smell of green soy beans with a flowery touch. Some crackery malt and an astringent grainy flavor.

After a couple of sips I am surprised to find how bitter this is. And it just keeps getting more bitter until you give up, half a glass later. The taste is so medicinal, but now I'm looking for the antidote. I don't know what they were thinking. From the 500 ml bottle purchased at Central Market in Shoreline.

Poured into a Samuel Smith pint glass. Pours a hazy medium golden amber with a half finger white head that dissipates to a thin film with light lacing. Aroma of biscuit malt and English style hops; grassy and lightly citrus. Flavor follows, with biscuit malt, citrus and grassy hops with a bit of resinous bite, finishing with lingering resinous hops. Medium bodied with nice peppery carbonation. Although the hops do have an English profile, this drinks more like an American pale ale, well hopped and bitter. Nice biscuit malt and interesting grassy and sharp, but herbal hops. Perhaps not quite to English style (maybe I'm misunderstanding fresh English mild ales, having had only imported bottles), but enjoyable and a nice session / lunch ale. Listed as "Gold Ale" here, the bottle is labled Golden Ale, and certainly the same ale.

 

 

 

Had this on cask from the Churchkey Pub in Edmonds, WA.