All Gold Everything
Lamplighter Brewing Company
- From:
- Lamplighter Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Blonde Ale
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.26 | pDev: 2.58%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 11, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
4.1/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Earthy, grassy, honeydew melon and grapefruit pith. Lots of Pilsner malt. Lighter bodied. Dry, slightly bitter finish. Delicate flavors. Is this already an #otherhalfbrewing beer? Maybe there is room for both.
Mar 23, 2018
Reviewed by ichorNet from Massachusetts
4.2/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.2/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A golden ale double dry-hopped with Motueka and Nelson hops, All Gold Everything is probably one of the most unique concepts for a beer to come from Lamplighter of late. These guys are quite clearly very talented, but they've been doing a lot of style pieces lately. Though there's nothing wrong with that, I couldn't pass this one up and instead opted to go all in for a 4-pack of tallboy cans out of respect for the sheer joy the description of this ale brought me. Hoppy blondes/golden ales are slowly becoming a thing, though, so they're not exactly a cutting-edge idea... very recently, for example, I reviewed a beer by local brewery Merrimack Ales which was also a dry-hopped blonde/golden ale (and also quite good!), so I have some idea of what to expect here. Let's get to it!
If you poured this for me and I had no idea what was in my glass, I'd probably be forgiven for thinking it looks like an IPA, structurally at least. From the composed, nearly opaque light golden color with some blonde-ness throughout to the sticky and consistent lace, not much is here to set this apart from most modern pale ales, in my opinion. The fluffy, dense and long-lasting head is just about the only thing that sets this apart. Its wonderful, meringue-like consistency gives this beer a truly great overall appearance. Very satisfying to gaze upon as I sip!
The nose is laced with bright melon, gooseberry, white grape skin, guava and light citrus peel. Very light catty with some mild grassiness at the tail-end. The Nelson and Motueka hops shine here big time, with crisp and evocative notes bringing me out of the glum rainy late-winter weather and into the sun I hope to see over the next month. I definitely can pick up a Sauvignon blanc-ish wine note here, as Nelson is wont to provide, but it seems much clearer here than in many other recipes with the hop. Perhaps it's the clean and simple malt base, or the double dry-hop, or the other hop varietal it's paired with... whatever it is, this smells excellent!
On the tongue, this comes across somewhat chalky yet easily-drinkable with some pillowy malt backed up by an oily hit of hoppy goodness in the mid-palate into the finishing transition. Lime zest, guava, water crackers, light doughy yeast and some crisp white wine-esque notes in here really make a convincing and complex beer come to life. For only 5.5%, this has plenty of flavor with a rather full body and decent carbonation. Glad I got a four pack of this one... it's a nice drinker with some character that I greatly appreciate. It's not as densely-hoppy as an IPA, and there's a much cleaner and more slight bitterness, but it's also not too juicy... it finishes somewhat drier than expected. I dig it. Unique and well-made!
Feb 16, 2018If you poured this for me and I had no idea what was in my glass, I'd probably be forgiven for thinking it looks like an IPA, structurally at least. From the composed, nearly opaque light golden color with some blonde-ness throughout to the sticky and consistent lace, not much is here to set this apart from most modern pale ales, in my opinion. The fluffy, dense and long-lasting head is just about the only thing that sets this apart. Its wonderful, meringue-like consistency gives this beer a truly great overall appearance. Very satisfying to gaze upon as I sip!
The nose is laced with bright melon, gooseberry, white grape skin, guava and light citrus peel. Very light catty with some mild grassiness at the tail-end. The Nelson and Motueka hops shine here big time, with crisp and evocative notes bringing me out of the glum rainy late-winter weather and into the sun I hope to see over the next month. I definitely can pick up a Sauvignon blanc-ish wine note here, as Nelson is wont to provide, but it seems much clearer here than in many other recipes with the hop. Perhaps it's the clean and simple malt base, or the double dry-hop, or the other hop varietal it's paired with... whatever it is, this smells excellent!
On the tongue, this comes across somewhat chalky yet easily-drinkable with some pillowy malt backed up by an oily hit of hoppy goodness in the mid-palate into the finishing transition. Lime zest, guava, water crackers, light doughy yeast and some crisp white wine-esque notes in here really make a convincing and complex beer come to life. For only 5.5%, this has plenty of flavor with a rather full body and decent carbonation. Glad I got a four pack of this one... it's a nice drinker with some character that I greatly appreciate. It's not as densely-hoppy as an IPA, and there's a much cleaner and more slight bitterness, but it's also not too juicy... it finishes somewhat drier than expected. I dig it. Unique and well-made!
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