Golden Horseshoe Premium Lager
Great Lakes Brewery
- From:
- Great Lakes Brewery
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 71
- Avg:
- 2.8 | pDev: 23.57%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 18
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 30, 2019
- Added:
- Apr 07, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
71
Okay
71
Okay
Our extended aging process results in an incredibly smooth and refreshing taste with little bitterness or aftertaste. Great for the warm weather or for those desiring a light bodied beer, this premium golden lager is 5% alcohol by volume. Thirst-quenching and flavourful, it’s a perfect companion to lighter fare, such as fish or salads, or spicy dishes like wings or sausages.
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Reviewed by beersareonme from Canada (ON)
2/5 rDev -28.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.25
2/5 rDev -28.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.25
Tried on tap @ Sammy's in Brantford ON. This mostly unremarkable brew seems to be the microbrewery version of Canadian, Blue or any another generic (and relatively bad) beer. Serve in mass quantities to your slow pitch team or oldtimers hockey team, there won't be a complaint about it. Drinkable, but ultimately very bland and generic.
Jan 28, 2016
Rated by McSkeezy from Canada (ON)
5/5 rDev +78.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +78.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This beer is awesome! Hooray for beer.
Feb 10, 2015
Reviewed by Derek69 from Canada (ON)
2.49/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.49/5 rDev -11.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Tried as the only beer served on tap at the bus station in Kitchener, On. Had a pitcher and shared with a friend. I'm not used to being the "leader" or had the most beer out of a pitcher, but no one wanted to chug this. Not a beer you would call "tasty", but served the purpose of a bus station lager.
For the $15, we got what we paid for. Sadly it was the only beer they had on tap.
Dec 20, 2013For the $15, we got what we paid for. Sadly it was the only beer they had on tap.
Reviewed by bryehn from Canada (ON)
2.71/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.71/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours a clear golden wheat colour with a minimal head, no lacing and a small collar that stays around.
Smells very sweet, like white wine and corn syrup. There is a faint graininess that all but disappears as the beer warms.
The taste is dry, with a corn sweetness that overpowers following. It tastes almost sour as it finishes. Unbalanced and biting.
Mouthfeel is watery and prickly. Slight citrus in the finish, but I can still taste a syrupy sweetness.
This isn't any better than a macro-brewed equivalent really and not something I'll go out of my way to try again.
Apr 04, 2011Smells very sweet, like white wine and corn syrup. There is a faint graininess that all but disappears as the beer warms.
The taste is dry, with a corn sweetness that overpowers following. It tastes almost sour as it finishes. Unbalanced and biting.
Mouthfeel is watery and prickly. Slight citrus in the finish, but I can still taste a syrupy sweetness.
This isn't any better than a macro-brewed equivalent really and not something I'll go out of my way to try again.
Reviewed by JohnnyBarman from Canada (ON)
3.3/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.3/5 rDev +17.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Random single bottle snapped up from the LCBO's barrel of lost beers.
Poured into pilsner glass. A light, slightly murky yellow-gold, with about an inch of head, which disappeared fairly quickly. Halfway through the bottle, no lacing or head to speak of.
Nose is pretty faint - sweet, a touch of lemon and hops. Some sort of grainy tartness as well.
A resounding 'meh'. Tastes only slightly better than the usual discount brew fare, but the price puts it out of that range. Nothing offensive - the usual lemon, light hops and grain flavors from a pale lager. Certainly nothing here to justify the "blonde" moniker. Despite this, I'm certainly drinking this one...fast.
Watery, lower carbonation, a bit flat.
Drinkable? You bet - a few of these would go down easy. Is it better than others around the same price range? Nope. Probably not going to pick one up again.
Sep 29, 2010Poured into pilsner glass. A light, slightly murky yellow-gold, with about an inch of head, which disappeared fairly quickly. Halfway through the bottle, no lacing or head to speak of.
Nose is pretty faint - sweet, a touch of lemon and hops. Some sort of grainy tartness as well.
A resounding 'meh'. Tastes only slightly better than the usual discount brew fare, but the price puts it out of that range. Nothing offensive - the usual lemon, light hops and grain flavors from a pale lager. Certainly nothing here to justify the "blonde" moniker. Despite this, I'm certainly drinking this one...fast.
Watery, lower carbonation, a bit flat.
Drinkable? You bet - a few of these would go down easy. Is it better than others around the same price range? Nope. Probably not going to pick one up again.
Reviewed by spinrsx from Canada (ON)
2.43/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.43/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
341ml bottle poured into a pint glass
Appearance - the beer pours a clear pale golden colour with a decent size foamy/fizzy white head. I can't see a whole lot of carbonation, and there appears to be some good lacing. The head was gone in a few minutes.
Smell - The beer has an adjunct lager type smell, corn, malts, and slight hops.
Taste & Mouth - The beer has a low amount of carbonation and a watery type feel. I can taste malts and corn at first, then the beer has a sweet fruit flavor. It ends with a slight dry and corn syrup taste.
Drink -Not a good beer, and not something I'd seek out ever again.
Aug 27, 2010Appearance - the beer pours a clear pale golden colour with a decent size foamy/fizzy white head. I can't see a whole lot of carbonation, and there appears to be some good lacing. The head was gone in a few minutes.
Smell - The beer has an adjunct lager type smell, corn, malts, and slight hops.
Taste & Mouth - The beer has a low amount of carbonation and a watery type feel. I can taste malts and corn at first, then the beer has a sweet fruit flavor. It ends with a slight dry and corn syrup taste.
Drink -Not a good beer, and not something I'd seek out ever again.
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