+ Golden Ale
The Exchange Brewery
- From:
- The Exchange Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.86 | pDev: 5.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 17, 2016
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
4.27/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.27/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
750 mL crown-capped green bottle bought at the LCBO late last year; bottled Mar 30 2017 and served slightly chilled. Aged in French oak barrels with Brett, and brewed with Amarillo, Crystal, Hallertau and Tettnang hops (according to the back label).
Pours a slightly hazed golden-yellow colour, producing just under a finger's width of creamy, resilient white head. It persists beyond the ten minute mark without giving up any ground, with a lovely, banded coat of lacing left behind when it finally does recede; a fine-looking glass of beer by any reasonable standard. On the nose, the Brettanomyces gives it a nice leathery, musty, mildly funky edge, while suggestions of oak tannin and white wine only serve to make it even more tempting. Light hints of pear, grape, green apple and peppery, yeasty spiciness are the cherry on top.
Oh man; this is a smooth-drinking beer, which makes it pretty dangerous for its abv. Clean pale malt flavours of cereal grain and wheaty bread mingle together with fruity esters of pear, apple, fig, apricot and grape. The Brett-derived aspects are an everpresent, albeit background feature of the flavour; they start off a bit funky, becoming more leathery towards the back end of the sip, where it is joined by some herbal, spicy hops, white grape skin and oak tannin astringency. Medium-full in body, with middling carbonation levels that gently roll across the palate, providing a soft, pleasing, frothy texture.
Final Grade: 4.27, a very respectable A-. This beer was just a visceral pleasure to experience for nearly all of my senses (sorry, ears - you missed out). The Brett was assertive without being overpowering, while the base ale and oak barrel contributions are delightful in and of themselves. I do get the sense that the hops have started to fade from this bottle, which means that I will definitely be trying this beer fresh next time around... assuming I stumble upon another bottle at some point, which I hope I do. The Exchange puts out some expensive beer, but if you don't mind paying a premium for quality then I'd say + Golden Ale is still worth it.
Sep 10, 2018Pours a slightly hazed golden-yellow colour, producing just under a finger's width of creamy, resilient white head. It persists beyond the ten minute mark without giving up any ground, with a lovely, banded coat of lacing left behind when it finally does recede; a fine-looking glass of beer by any reasonable standard. On the nose, the Brettanomyces gives it a nice leathery, musty, mildly funky edge, while suggestions of oak tannin and white wine only serve to make it even more tempting. Light hints of pear, grape, green apple and peppery, yeasty spiciness are the cherry on top.
Oh man; this is a smooth-drinking beer, which makes it pretty dangerous for its abv. Clean pale malt flavours of cereal grain and wheaty bread mingle together with fruity esters of pear, apple, fig, apricot and grape. The Brett-derived aspects are an everpresent, albeit background feature of the flavour; they start off a bit funky, becoming more leathery towards the back end of the sip, where it is joined by some herbal, spicy hops, white grape skin and oak tannin astringency. Medium-full in body, with middling carbonation levels that gently roll across the palate, providing a soft, pleasing, frothy texture.
Final Grade: 4.27, a very respectable A-. This beer was just a visceral pleasure to experience for nearly all of my senses (sorry, ears - you missed out). The Brett was assertive without being overpowering, while the base ale and oak barrel contributions are delightful in and of themselves. I do get the sense that the hops have started to fade from this bottle, which means that I will definitely be trying this beer fresh next time around... assuming I stumble upon another bottle at some point, which I hope I do. The Exchange puts out some expensive beer, but if you don't mind paying a premium for quality then I'd say + Golden Ale is still worth it.
Reviewed by jrenihan from Canada (ON)
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The Brett is lightly present in the nose, along with green grape, light fruits. The Brett mostly disappears in the flavour, which is too bad, but it is still nice. Green grape, white wine, honey, a touch of spice and a slightly dry finish. Good, would like to see the Brett come through a bit more.
Sep 11, 2016
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.74/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Conditioned in chardonnay barrel. A little funk in the aroma. Cross saison golden. Good
Drinkability. subtle on the white wine. On tap at the source.
Apr 06, 2016Drinkability. subtle on the white wine. On tap at the source.
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