Golden Eagle
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 13.94%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Aug 20, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Barrel Aged Belgian Golden Ale
Golden Eagle is a mixed culture Belgian Golden Strong Ale brewed with Blond Candi Sugar and aged in wine barrels. Bright with a golden color, Golden Eagle has a funky farmhouse aroma with notes of oak and alcohol. Medium-bodied and dry, the flavors in this beer range from grape to funk and oak followed by finish of bubblegum and warming alcohol.
Golden Eagle is a mixed culture Belgian Golden Strong Ale brewed with Blond Candi Sugar and aged in wine barrels. Bright with a golden color, Golden Eagle has a funky farmhouse aroma with notes of oak and alcohol. Medium-bodied and dry, the flavors in this beer range from grape to funk and oak followed by finish of bubblegum and warming alcohol.
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Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
4.02/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
This was interesting, there is a lot going on with Golden Eagle, some I likea lot and some not so much. I'd forgotten before opening the crowler that this one goes through a re-fermention with Brett, so there was a lot of surprise when a giant barnyard aroma came wafting up from the pour. Ale is rosy gold in color (from spending time in wine barrels, I assume) with big funky aromas mixed with sweet sugar, clove, grape juice, pear, apple, banana, and white bread.
Flavor is a ridiculously complex thing: oak, booze, sour pucker, funk, white grapes, banana, pear, clove, rock candy, spice, and, yes, bubblegum. I quite enjoyed it, but I'd be interested in trying it without the Brett. A wine barrel aged Belgian Golden Strong sounds good about now.
Aug 05, 2017Flavor is a ridiculously complex thing: oak, booze, sour pucker, funk, white grapes, banana, pear, clove, rock candy, spice, and, yes, bubblegum. I quite enjoyed it, but I'd be interested in trying it without the Brett. A wine barrel aged Belgian Golden Strong sounds good about now.
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