Bend Metolius Golden Ale

draft @ the brewpub. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a sweetish malty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweetish malty flavor with some weak hints of hops. Has a sweetish malty finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

Slightly roasted pale malt backbone with light, citrus hop presence. Nice golden color with a very small white head. Decent all-appealing pour.

On tap at the Bend pub. This is the only golden ale I’ve ever had that I liked very much. I agree with Abusedgoat that it seems more like a pale ale at first. Pours cloudy yellow with not much aroma, but decent malt, soft hops, and easy, smooth finish.

1/1/08 At the BrewPub with Bikesandbeer after a day’s drive from Portland, Brewery 5 of the trip. Pours orange with a bright white head. Nose is sweet and light with a light hoppiness. Taste is sweet with a slight bitterness.

On Tap at Brepub pours out a nice gold topped with a white head. A little malt and a touch of sweet. Not much else.

Hazy golden, small white head. Neutral nose.Light swett clean malt profile. Easy drinking session beer

Draft at the Brewpub: Pours a golden straw color with a light haze. Moderate white head, but no real lacing. Faint aroma of malt, kind of sweet. The taste is wheaty, malt, and maybe caramel. Very smooth, yet I have to drop my overall rating because my wife liked it.

Oh man.. had to be an APA. I was gonna say that this was the best golden ale I’ve had. Oh well. Not sure it’s an APA either as I got German hops, but whatever. German hops, caramel, bread. Orangish color with a relatively heavy body for a golden ale, but whatever. One of those borderline styling beers.