Gryphon Gold
Wellington Brewery
- From:
- Wellington Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Light Lager
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.26 | pDev: 8.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2016
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Wellington Brewery is pleased to champion Gryphon student athletes through its Gryphon Gold partnership in support of student-athlete scholarships. Cheer on the Gryphons with us with the specially marked cans of our Award-Winning Helles Lager
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by mark_mla from Canada (ON)
2.78/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.78/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Okay easy drinking beer. Nice collab with UoG
Jan 31, 2016
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.46/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.46/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Poured with a finger and a half of head that produced solid lace and decent retention. The body is slightly paler, clear brassy gold that boast a lot of consistent carbonation. Not a lot to complain about here only that more lace and better retention would get it the perfect score.
Smell: Well, it's a light lager, so the strength just isn't there. What I am catching is sweet cereal, like a box of honey bunches of oats and a light dust of floral hops. Nothing wrong with it at all, just weak.
Taste: Very clean, almost to a fault as it comes across as watered down. It starts nearly flavourless with only the barest hints of unroasted grain that thankfully pronounce themselves a bit more in the middle of the beer and end with a slight bitter caress leaving the pallet bare. Nothing wrong again, but basic and unmemorable in extreme.
Mouthfeel: As stated, there's no aftertaste on this one, and while you can feel the carbonation trying it's darnedest to bring out the flavour, it just doesn't have enough to work with. Same with transitioning. It's not hard to transition from napping to sleeping. Still, it's clean in extreme.
Drinkability: Yeah, I get the feeling this beer is designed for the young Guelph student body in mind at the game. You can pound this stuff back ridiculously fast and easy and it's moister nature makes it very refreshing. I mean, I've had many a light lager in my day, and this one is one that actually makes good on the "Flavourless pound back sterotype" this style has instead of being a mess of metal and plastic.
Final Thoughts: There isn't really a lot to say about this beer. It's a well done light lager, but it can only go so far as a light lager, and it's certainly not one of the ones of note that break the mold. It knows what it is and does it well, so I guess it gets a thumb up for that. Now that all being said, on a personal note I'd also like to express my thanks to the University of Guelph for being such excellent hosts during the 2013 Tiger-Cat season. Oskee Wee Wee!
Jun 04, 2015Smell: Well, it's a light lager, so the strength just isn't there. What I am catching is sweet cereal, like a box of honey bunches of oats and a light dust of floral hops. Nothing wrong with it at all, just weak.
Taste: Very clean, almost to a fault as it comes across as watered down. It starts nearly flavourless with only the barest hints of unroasted grain that thankfully pronounce themselves a bit more in the middle of the beer and end with a slight bitter caress leaving the pallet bare. Nothing wrong again, but basic and unmemorable in extreme.
Mouthfeel: As stated, there's no aftertaste on this one, and while you can feel the carbonation trying it's darnedest to bring out the flavour, it just doesn't have enough to work with. Same with transitioning. It's not hard to transition from napping to sleeping. Still, it's clean in extreme.
Drinkability: Yeah, I get the feeling this beer is designed for the young Guelph student body in mind at the game. You can pound this stuff back ridiculously fast and easy and it's moister nature makes it very refreshing. I mean, I've had many a light lager in my day, and this one is one that actually makes good on the "Flavourless pound back sterotype" this style has instead of being a mess of metal and plastic.
Final Thoughts: There isn't really a lot to say about this beer. It's a well done light lager, but it can only go so far as a light lager, and it's certainly not one of the ones of note that break the mold. It knows what it is and does it well, so I guess it gets a thumb up for that. Now that all being said, on a personal note I'd also like to express my thanks to the University of Guelph for being such excellent hosts during the 2013 Tiger-Cat season. Oskee Wee Wee!
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.44/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.44/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Tallboy can picked up at an LCBO in Guelph; best before July 9 2015 and served ice cold. As a U of G alumnus, there was never any doubt that I was going to review this one at some point, even though it's literally the most boring style of beer they could conceivably select for an Anniversary beer.
Pours a bright, clear, sunny straw-yellow colour, generating one finger of frothy white head that seeps away over the course of the next three or four minutes. A thin, foamy film survives on top, in addition to a slight collar and a modest curtain of lace. Moderately effervescent; looks about as appealing as this style gets. The nose is dominated by a grainy, cereal sweetness, with notes of honey and clean, grassy Saaz hops. Nothing memorable, but again - better than I expect from a light beer.
Clean, approachable, and highly forgettable. Light, grainy pale malt sweetness is the most prominent feature, with touches of corn, bubblegum and grassy hay coming through toward the finish. Lightly malty-sweet aftertaste that fades within a second or two. Pretty clean tasting; reminds me of several other OCB pale lagers and blonde ales, actually, although this one is probably the lightest of the bunch. Light-bodied, with aggressive, fizzy carbonation levels that still fall a few notches below that of your typical macro beer. Still, it's a crisp, refreshing lager that is (unsurprisingly) trivial to knock back. Better than that Silver Wheat crap that they were pushing a few years back, at least.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Keeping in mind that I am grading Gryphon Gold as a light lager - a style that I tend to expect very little from - this is a passable offering from Wellington. I don't think I'd buy it again because I have no real interest in the style, but I'm sure there is no shortage of well-off aggies who would be willing to splurge on a premium light lager such as this. But in all honesty - unless you are a Gryphon yourself, I have no idea why you'd want to bother with this mundane brew.
Apr 01, 2015Pours a bright, clear, sunny straw-yellow colour, generating one finger of frothy white head that seeps away over the course of the next three or four minutes. A thin, foamy film survives on top, in addition to a slight collar and a modest curtain of lace. Moderately effervescent; looks about as appealing as this style gets. The nose is dominated by a grainy, cereal sweetness, with notes of honey and clean, grassy Saaz hops. Nothing memorable, but again - better than I expect from a light beer.
Clean, approachable, and highly forgettable. Light, grainy pale malt sweetness is the most prominent feature, with touches of corn, bubblegum and grassy hay coming through toward the finish. Lightly malty-sweet aftertaste that fades within a second or two. Pretty clean tasting; reminds me of several other OCB pale lagers and blonde ales, actually, although this one is probably the lightest of the bunch. Light-bodied, with aggressive, fizzy carbonation levels that still fall a few notches below that of your typical macro beer. Still, it's a crisp, refreshing lager that is (unsurprisingly) trivial to knock back. Better than that Silver Wheat crap that they were pushing a few years back, at least.
Final Grade: 3.44, a B-. Keeping in mind that I am grading Gryphon Gold as a light lager - a style that I tend to expect very little from - this is a passable offering from Wellington. I don't think I'd buy it again because I have no real interest in the style, but I'm sure there is no shortage of well-off aggies who would be willing to splurge on a premium light lager such as this. But in all honesty - unless you are a Gryphon yourself, I have no idea why you'd want to bother with this mundane brew.
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