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Cambridge Golden Ring Abbey Pale Ale


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
203.39/5.03.24/5.0Spring6%66.2Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Our Abbey Pale Ale, reverently inspired by one of the six Trappist breweries (who, for obtuse reasons of shadily inferred copyright and trademark infringement must remain nameless, along with their megalomaniacal American distributor who brought the matter kindly to our attention) is made entirely with imported Belgian malt, and hopped with English Goldings and German Hallertauer. Hop aroma and flavor is emphasized, but balanced, by dry-hopping with these varieties. The yeast used in fermentation is indeed an authentic Belgian strain (we could tell you which one, but then we’d have to kill you. Proprietary brewery info, you understand.) which gives the beer its signature spicy/fruity/funky notes. Golden Ring is a deep gold, slightly hazy as it is served unfiltered and cold-conditioned. It has the aforementioned spicy, fruity, earthy character, and carries additional aromas and flavors of toasted and caramelized malt, and hops and alcohol. The finish is fairly long, with yeast notes and hops vying for space on your palate. Overall this is an interesting, extremely complex, and very drinkable, enjoyable beer which lends itself very well to a wide range of foods.
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 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Draught@Redbones. Very nice. yeasty, but soft, with some lovely citrus rind and wild flower aromas. Palate shows some bitterness and a very soft refreshing acidity. Citric, slightly estery. A very pleasant Belgian pale ale.


 Glouglouburp (2846), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 23, 2007  
Slightly cloudy golden body with a small white head. Light-medium oily body. Not a very tasty beer at all. Generic half roasted malts, a little sweetness, a little citrusy hops, a little bitterness. I didn’t feel any of the advertised wild yeast that many reviewers got. I was looking forward to drinking a Golden Ring but ended-up regretting it. Same goes with many men wearing a golden ring.


 notalush (2669), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 4, 2007  
Clear golden with no head - earthy, herbal aroma, with background hints of raw grain - fairly dry and somewhat tart up front, followed by a tiny bit of sweetness, a fairly strong herbal character (which mingles with a medium hop profile), some saffron and mild grain - finishes with a little more tartness - not bad - seems like it was designed to have a somewhat weaker character so it would go well with many different types of food.


 Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 15, 2007  
A strange beer. Candi sugar like a triple and tart sourness of a belgian wit, and a little hoppy. Not sure i’ve ever had something like it.


 tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Dec 8, 2005  
Lightly funky, herbal hop nose. Clear golden body is topped by a low white head that recedes to ring. Somewhat funky brett character with herbal, earthy, grassy hop character and pleasant cereal malt flavours. Light body with refreshing strong carbonation. Sampled at GABF 2005.


 dirtymike (2018), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 31, 2005  
GABF ’05 Golden in color with a slight haze. Aromatic, fruit,spice,yeast,brett funkiness. Bitter,hoppy with sublte sweetness,oak character..a lot going on here. Very complex, wish i had the time and a full snifter instead of a one ounce serving.


 BBB63 (4232), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 16, 2005  
GABF 2005: Golden hue (I would hope so with the name) and a small head. The aroma is yeasty and showed some mild fruit and barrel esters in addition to belgian candi sugar. The taste was grassy and leafy hops with a touch of tart apple and firm banana followed by a sugary background. Lots of biscuit and chalky feel on the palate. Not too bad but not really up to part with their other offerings.


 Rastacouere (5554), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/517/20
Oct 5, 2005  
Dark dulled gold to amber bodied, producing an eternal white film. Immediately charming nose where the funky yeast shines a wild fruitiness ranging from passion fruit to juicy bananas and vinous grapes or kiwis. At the same time, the typical honeyed Belgian malts procure biscuity undertones that befit the limey, leafy hops. Not so expressive in yeastiness in mouth, but it compensates through a woodiness I had not seen coming. Well controlled sweetness, light-medium bodied, oily texture, tanninc mouthfeel. An absolutely delicious offering, thanks to a stupendous wild yeast nose.



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