Hood River Gold
Ferment Brewing Company
- From:
- Ferment Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- European / Dortmunder Export Lager
- ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 0.27%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 31, 2021
- Added:
- May 22, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vurt from Oregon
3.7/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
16-ounce can purchased at ABV in Hillsboro. Date stamp reads "CANNED ON 05132021". Poured in an English tulip-style half-pint glass.
Look:
The beer pours a rich golden color, perfectly clear with a snowy white head that starts thick and creamy-looking, but doesn't last long or leave much lacing.
Smell:
Clean, toasty, bready malt and lots of it, enhanced with a touch of honey. A little too sweet for my taste, but not unpleasantly so. Nice floral hop finish and a whiff of alcohol at the very end.
Taste:
Starts off with luscious, sweet malt with notes of floral honey. Very clean, nice layers of malt flavor. Goes bittersweet through the middle as a spicy floral hop bitterness rises up to head off all that sweet malt. The finish is bready malt, lingering sweetness, and floral hop character.
Feel:
Medium-full body with a smooth texture. Carbonation starts off a little rough but quiets down by the end of the glass. Leaves an overall impression of good drinkability.
Overall:
This is an above average example of a beer in an unforgiving style. The malt is clean, rich, and nicely balanced against a solid noble bitterness. Very much to style, even though the malt ends up a little too sweet from me. Hood River Gold is a tasty version of an export-strength lager, and another winner from Ferment Brewing Company.
May 31, 2021Look:
The beer pours a rich golden color, perfectly clear with a snowy white head that starts thick and creamy-looking, but doesn't last long or leave much lacing.
Smell:
Clean, toasty, bready malt and lots of it, enhanced with a touch of honey. A little too sweet for my taste, but not unpleasantly so. Nice floral hop finish and a whiff of alcohol at the very end.
Taste:
Starts off with luscious, sweet malt with notes of floral honey. Very clean, nice layers of malt flavor. Goes bittersweet through the middle as a spicy floral hop bitterness rises up to head off all that sweet malt. The finish is bready malt, lingering sweetness, and floral hop character.
Feel:
Medium-full body with a smooth texture. Carbonation starts off a little rough but quiets down by the end of the glass. Leaves an overall impression of good drinkability.
Overall:
This is an above average example of a beer in an unforgiving style. The malt is clean, rich, and nicely balanced against a solid noble bitterness. Very much to style, even though the malt ends up a little too sweet from me. Hood River Gold is a tasty version of an export-strength lager, and another winner from Ferment Brewing Company.
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