Gold
Saint Archer Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Purchased as a single can from Kroger for $2.00. Poured into a pils glass.

L - Pale gold, thin eggshell head with lacing.
S - Straw, strong yeasty notes, and a slight flowery backing. Smells quite malty yet light.
T - Freshly baked biscuit, pear, white grapes, and grass.
F - Delicate, lightly carbonated - almost creamy. Very refreshing.
O - Although I wasn't sure what to expect, I have to say that I'm not disappointed. For a beer I found on a mild spring day, it sure suits the weather! Easy-drinking, and I'm very surprised it has as much flavor as it does for a light beer. Will buy again.

 

I guess Saint Archer Gold is trying to positions itself as the premium light craft beer. Other than price I do not really see any difference between this and say miller light, bud light, coors light, busch light, natural. I think this taste like coors light with a little more flavor actually. In a blind taste test though I doubt I could distinguish any of the above. Overall, this is a very uninspiring beer. Why even drink beer if you are that worried about carb/calories. For the premium price you will have to pay for this beer you are better off picking up your favorite bottle of liquor.

Saint Archer Brewing Co. "Gold"
12 fl. oz. can coded "OCT 1220 C04021038"
$2 @ Giant, Havertown, PA

I see that this is currently listed on BeerAdvocate as a helles lager but it's advertised as a light beer. As such, I'm quite impressed, and I can see why it would have been listed as a helles lager. It's got the appearance, a bit of the aroma, and most of the flavor while still delivering just 4.2% ABV and 95 calories. As a light beer it scores really well.
Review #7,079

Pours a clear golden color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has very slight malt hints
The taste follows the nose with a very slight malt flavor
A light bodied decently carbonated beer
A decent Helles

 

16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 3/23/20. Pours slightly hazy golden yellow color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of big cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery earthiness. Bit of fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a delicious Munich Helles lager. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink with the mellowly bitter/drying finish; not aggressive. Great clean and nicely rich pils/Munich malt showcase; with a great level of noble hop presence/balance for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressively spot on style example.

Sadly, I hear they’ve stopped making this. For a low carb beer it’s outstanding.
Very light color, medium carbonation and not much smell.
So much more flavor than Ultra, it’s not what you’d call hoppy but compared to the rest in its class it definitely has an American hop hit to it. Finishes very dry. I almost don’t feel like I’m drinking a diet beer. I bought the last 12 pack from Randall’s, it’s already a month over the best buy date but I don’t notice anything off. Hopefully I can find a few more before it’s all gone. I guess it’s back to natty light, it tastes better than Ultra to me.

 

Appearance: Pours a light golden color that is clear with a soft, bright white head. SRM of 6-7. (3.75)

Aroma: Mild aromas of grains and honey with faint hints of bread. A touch of smooth milk.

Flavor: Flavor follows with a milky cracker flavor with faint bread. It finishes smooth, slightly sweet, and clean.

Feel: Medium-bodied for the style. Low carbonation relatively. Finishes smooth and somewhat milky.

Compared to Coors Light 6/30/20: Pours a slightly lighter color. More milky and smooth. Less carbonation and yeast.

Overall: A nice and smooth drinking light beer with faint hints of honey and milk. Lightly smooth and creamy.

L: Straw yellow. Filtered. Moderately foamy with persistent lacing.

S: Mostly malts. I think there is some wheat in it. I can't smell the hops, but I can taste a dash of hops, which is neccesary to cut the natural sweetness of the malt.

T: Nearly flavorless. It's not supposed to have flavor (See Bud Light, White Claw). 4.2% is high strength relative to it's flavor profile.

F: It's off your palate as fast as it enters. The memory is the strongest residual, even that quickly fades.

O: I like it. It's cold, wet, and it is a beer that delivers alcohol. It's priced the same as Michelob Ultra but tastes better. 3/5 is a moderate rating for a moderate beer.

Poured into a standard Pilsner glass. The Appearance is spot on, very clear bright golden color and highly carbonated with an inch thick white head that dissipated after a minute or so. Nose is very faint, grainy. For a light lager, this beer really packed quite a bit of flavor, mild grainy malts with a snappy hop finish. Extremely crushable beer, spot on for the style and probably the best beer of the style that I’ve ever had. It reminded me of a light version of Bitburger, it has a German pils quality to it.

 

 

Nice beer. Not sure if I like this or pure gold better.

 

Clear pale gold with one finger of white head. A few spots of lace.
Smell is some bready malt.
Taste is bready malt with a kiss of grassy hops.
Mouthfeel is light to medium with strong carbonation. Finish is lightly dry and balanced.
Overall a tasty and refreshing low carb. beer. Well done.
Best by date is 6-01-20.