Golden Ale
Sweetgrass Brewing Co.
- From:
- Sweetgrass Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
Ranked #472 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,313 - Avg:
- 3.32 | pDev: 12.95%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 11, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 18, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.47/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tallboy can from the LCBO; canning date of Aug 20 2016. Served well-chilled.
Pours a sparkling golden-yellow colour with streams of effervescence rushing towards the surface, where they merge with the base of a soapy, foamy, persistent white head. It's about one finger high, with excellent retention and a strong tendency to cling tenaciously to the sides of the glass, which also triggers the gradual deposition of a thick layer of lace. A blonde beauty. Not getting much off the nose, save for pale malt sweetness, grain husk, and perhaps a few grassy, herbal notes.
A decent blonde. I can taste bready pale malts, grain husks, lemony citrus and red apple, rounded out by some grassy, weedy, somewhat herbal hop bitterness on the back end. Kind of a vegetal note in the aftertaste, with lingering malt sweetness. Light-medium in body, with average carbonation and a crisp mouthfeel. Very sessionable, and effortless to chug, but not interesting in the least.
[Updated Apr 23 2023]
Revisiting this for the first time since my original review. Tallboy from Metro, dated Sep 15 2022 and served barely chilled. I'm tweaking the grades a little, but much of what I said last time is still appropriate: Sweetgrass Golden Ale is a basic, straightforward blonde beer that drinks well, but doesn't do much to draw attention to itself in a crowded marketplace. Not something that will rouse much excitement from the beer geek set, but I'd take this over a macro lager.
Final Grade: 3.47, a passable B-.
Jan 06, 2017Pours a sparkling golden-yellow colour with streams of effervescence rushing towards the surface, where they merge with the base of a soapy, foamy, persistent white head. It's about one finger high, with excellent retention and a strong tendency to cling tenaciously to the sides of the glass, which also triggers the gradual deposition of a thick layer of lace. A blonde beauty. Not getting much off the nose, save for pale malt sweetness, grain husk, and perhaps a few grassy, herbal notes.
A decent blonde. I can taste bready pale malts, grain husks, lemony citrus and red apple, rounded out by some grassy, weedy, somewhat herbal hop bitterness on the back end. Kind of a vegetal note in the aftertaste, with lingering malt sweetness. Light-medium in body, with average carbonation and a crisp mouthfeel. Very sessionable, and effortless to chug, but not interesting in the least.
[Updated Apr 23 2023]
Revisiting this for the first time since my original review. Tallboy from Metro, dated Sep 15 2022 and served barely chilled. I'm tweaking the grades a little, but much of what I said last time is still appropriate: Sweetgrass Golden Ale is a basic, straightforward blonde beer that drinks well, but doesn't do much to draw attention to itself in a crowded marketplace. Not something that will rouse much excitement from the beer geek set, but I'd take this over a macro lager.
Final Grade: 3.47, a passable B-.
Rated by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
3/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
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Nov 10, 2016
Rated by Catzopoke from Canada (ON)
3.57/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.57/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Refreshing beer with a golden colour. Light with a refreshing light hop finish.
Aug 07, 2016
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.17/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.17/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
473 ml can served cold into a Guinness pint glass. Purchased from the LCBO for $2.75 CDN. Appears to now be brewed in the Hammer, Hamilton, ON.
Appearance - Clear pale golden straw color. Some mild levels of visible carbonation and a nice fluffy head that lasts for a few minutes. not much in the way of lacing. Good looking beer.
Smell - Clean and crisp with lots of grain. Some slightly metallic and skunky notes. Nothing too exceptional here.
Taste - Again quite clean and refreshing, some creamy corn flavors to go along with mild grain. Little bit of sweetness and very restrained bitterness.
Mouthfeel - Smooth and well carbonated with a light body. Not much else to go on here.
Overall - Sweetgrass Golden Ale certainly won't turn any heads, but it's a solid and approachable blonde ale without to many frills. If you're looking for something that's affordable and a step above macro lagers, this will certain hit the spot. A brewery worth watching to see where they go from here.
May 19, 2016Appearance - Clear pale golden straw color. Some mild levels of visible carbonation and a nice fluffy head that lasts for a few minutes. not much in the way of lacing. Good looking beer.
Smell - Clean and crisp with lots of grain. Some slightly metallic and skunky notes. Nothing too exceptional here.
Taste - Again quite clean and refreshing, some creamy corn flavors to go along with mild grain. Little bit of sweetness and very restrained bitterness.
Mouthfeel - Smooth and well carbonated with a light body. Not much else to go on here.
Overall - Sweetgrass Golden Ale certainly won't turn any heads, but it's a solid and approachable blonde ale without to many frills. If you're looking for something that's affordable and a step above macro lagers, this will certain hit the spot. A brewery worth watching to see where they go from here.
Reviewed by DaveBar from Canada (ON)
3.02/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Purchased at the LCBO for around the $2.50 mark for a 473ml can. Served at 5deg C in a draught glass
A- Opens well and pours a 1" high white head that lasts for less than a minute before film out. Medium gold colour and filtered clear
S- Not much here at all. Not much at all.
T- Pretty pedestrian and very mass produced flavor. Not a good beer at all. It's a Bud with a touch of a moldy taste to it. The malt is ok which is this brew's saving grace but still not worth more than a 3.0 on the flavor scale.
M- Just like a mass produced North American produced brew like a Bud
O- Not so good. Just a mass produced bland North American brew like a Bud. Nothing to write home about and will not buy again.
Food Pairing
This ok at best brew went well with....... Yup! You guessed it! Whatever you would pair a Bud with.
Enjoy
Sep 21, 2015A- Opens well and pours a 1" high white head that lasts for less than a minute before film out. Medium gold colour and filtered clear
S- Not much here at all. Not much at all.
T- Pretty pedestrian and very mass produced flavor. Not a good beer at all. It's a Bud with a touch of a moldy taste to it. The malt is ok which is this brew's saving grace but still not worth more than a 3.0 on the flavor scale.
M- Just like a mass produced North American produced brew like a Bud
O- Not so good. Just a mass produced bland North American brew like a Bud. Nothing to write home about and will not buy again.
Food Pairing
This ok at best brew went well with....... Yup! You guessed it! Whatever you would pair a Bud with.
Enjoy
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