Olden Golden
Hop Butcher For The World

I got a can of this beer from my good friend and old neighbor from the 'Wego. It poured a slightly hazy golden with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had mild citrus fruit notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with tangerine and orange citrus presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.

A: Pours a hazy golden apricot in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate peach + pale orange + bright orange + honey + bright yellow + pale golden yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall creamy sudsy foamy light beige head that reduces to a couple of medium sized patches of medium thick film each covering approximately 25% of the surface of the beer surrounded by a large patch of very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Slightly stronger than moderate aromas of juicy tropical/mango + tropical/pineapple + citrus/orange + citrus/grapefruit hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + wheat + oat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy tropical/mango + tropical/pineapple + citrus/orange + citrus/grapefruit hops which impart a light amount of bitterness which fades away relatively quickly leaving light to moderate lingering tropical + citrus hop flavors.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Moderate amounts of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol and a pleasantly soft/fluffy mouthfeel. Enjoyable flavors and aromas from the El Dorado hops.

 

Hop Butcher makes some of the best around in the Chicago area, but this one is definitely not on my list. As noted, smell is great…citrusy pineapple, some orange; but the taste…not so much. A strange, bitter aftertaste though (not the good, hoppy bitter, but something else I’m not creative enough to describe). It looks nice, big frothy head that lasts, lovely lacing…but the taste kills it for me…it isn’t bad, definitely not a drain pour, but I’ll pass on buying again, which is a first for me on a Hop Butcher.

 

 

Canned 10/5/21; drank 10/8/21 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque orange appearance.

A violent pour yielded a big off-white head; strong, frothy lace.

Pineapple, granola & grapefruit notes in the nose.

Creamy medium mouthfeel.

Grapefruit & faint cream flavors up front; pineapple & dry grass notes on the finish.

Interesting and pretty good!