Golden Ale

This beer from Sankt Gallen Brewery, Golden Fox, was in the mini bar at the Tokyo Edition in Tokyo, Japan. This beer is 4.5% ABV. I could not find much information about this beer, but the brewery is in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. This beer is a golden ale. Golden Fox pours gold with a two-finger pillowy white head. The aroma is sweet but not too sweet. There is a bit of an apple scent on the nose. The flavor is semi-sweet and a little fruity. This beer has a mild flavor overall. It has a light mouthfeel. Then, this beer has a mild, sweet finish and not much of an aftertaste. This is not a bad beer. I found it slightly boring, so I gave it a C. There was nothing to brag about, nor would I rush out to drink it. It is only in Japan, so finding it would be hard. Please stay safe, be kind to each other,, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

Big Wave Golden Ale is another beer from Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii. This beer is made in Portland, Oregon, and is 4.4% ABV. This ale is a core Kona Brewing beer. This golden ale has Pale 2 Row Premium and Carmel 20 malts. It also has Galaxy and city hops. This beer pours a golden color with a one-finger head. The aroma is fruity, sweet, crisp, and lightly hoppy. The flavor is light, crisp, fruity/sweet, and with a hint of a hoppy note. The mouthfeel is light. This beer is refreshing. Then it has a nice hoppy note finish that quickly turns into a faint orange. The aftertaste is hoppy, sweet, and crisp, with a little orange flavor that lingers for a second or two. This beer is average, it’s good, but nothing jumps out. I give Big Wave a B-. It’s a beer that you can finish. I mean, the flavor is going to hinder you from finishing it. It’s also not going to immediately draw you into having another. I wouldn’t pass up this beer. But if you do, you aren’t missing too much. Please stay safe, be kind to all, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Allagash Brewing Co, in Portland Maine is one of the best breweries on the east coast and this is Allagash Brewing Co. Fine Acre Organic Golden Ale, 5.5% ABV. This beer has an all-organic malt bill. The golden ale style originated in Belgium and is quite popular in Belgium, Europe, and the United States. Fine Acre pours a cloudy golden yellow color with a three-finger bright white head that slowly dissipates. The aroma is somewhat sweet with a nice light lemon and banana. Fine Acre has a sweet and dry flavor, yeast notes, banana, very faint lemon, and a bit of malt. The mouthfeel is all most full, and this beer finishes with a light dry sweetness that carries on into the aftertaste. As usual for Allagash Brewing Co. Fine Acre Organic Golden Ale is pretty good, but I still think Duvel Belgian Golden Ale is the best. I give this particular golden ale a B. This is a solid example of the Golden Ale style. It does have a bit of heavier mouthfeel and flavor than some golden ales, and this one is not as high in alcohol as some either. But I enjoy this one and you should too! Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Narragansett Brewing Company Fresh Catch, 4.2% ABV is a golden ale dry-hopped with Citra hops in Pawtucket, Rhode Island which was founded way back in 1890 in Cranston Rhode Island. Narragansett is the best selling New England beer and has the ad slogan “Hi Neighbor, have a ‘Gasnett!” and in 2012 for Shark Week the had a slogan “Crush it like Quint” and “Honor the man, crush the can on social media. If you know Jaws then you know Robert Shaw as Captain Quint. Fresh Catch pours the slightest deep yellow with a bright two finger white head that fades really slow with thick lacing left in its wake that might hide a shark. You get a nice citrus fruit aroma with a nice dose of a bitter hop note and a faint lemony grapefruit. The aroma reminds me more of a light IPA. Take a swig and you’ll find yep citrus fruit with a little faint biscuit note with a lemony bitter hop note that comes to a bitter crisp Citra finish that flows into a nice bitter citrus fruit aftertaste with a light mouthfeel. Narragansett Brewing Company Fresh Catch is a refreshing beer that I give an A-. Now I don’t think that more than three Fresh Catches can be consumed, after the third the flavor begins to become slightly too much. Its others a good beer and one that would pair well with shellfish, and a seafood boil. I recommend Narragansett Brewing Company Fresh Catch. Please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Belgium Dayblazer Easygoing Ale, 4.8% purchased at my local Harris Teeter grocery is a session ale, that pours a golden yellow color with one finger white head and gives your nose clean, crisp sudsy aromas with some grain notes as well, with a taste that is somewhat similar to the aroma with crisp sweet clean flavors with a very faint hoppy note on the back of the mouth with a refreshing quality and a crisp somewhat sweet finish with a nice clean grains aftertaste with a light mouthfeel. This is just an average tasting beer that you probably will not remember but is good, give New Belgium Dayblazer Easygoing Ale a C+. There is nothing offensive about this beer nor is there anything really worthwhile here. It is a much better version of a BMC (Budweiser, Miller, Coors) offering. I recommend New Belgium Dayblazer Easygoing Ale, go try it, it goes down very easy! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

I haven’t had a Foothills Brewing beer in a while but I’ve seen Thousand Smiles Golden Ale, 4.4% ABV and wanted to try it. This is a relatively new beer from Foothills Brewing. I was in my local grocery store and picked up a six pack of Thousand Smiles. American Golden Ales are golden to light in color with more subtle overall character and light body than typical pale ales. They are brewed domestically and will have less body, hop, and malt character than a pale ale. Thousand Smiles pours a bright golden yellow color with a one and a half finger white quick fading head that does leave lacing behind giving you aromas of a slight sweetness with nice light malt notes and a crisp slightly sweet flavor of a somewhat light breaded note that is clean with a very light yet faint hop note towards the back of the mouth with a crisp light faintly malted finish with a clean aftertaste with a light mouthfeel. Foothills Brewing Thousand Smiles Golden Ale is a good beer and deserving of an A. As usual Foothills Brewing has brewed another great beer, and one beer that I highly recommend trying as well as any Foothills Brewing beer. This is one you can enjoy again and again without having the beer overpower your palate. This could be an everyday and/or go to beer. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!