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Clipper City Gold Ale 3.06 114

Clipper City Gold Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1143.08/5.03.06/5.04.9%77.6English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
A bronze medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival in 2000, this ale was the Official Beer of the Baltimore Bicentennial in 1997. Well rounded and complex, with a deep golden color, this is an American style ale with a distinct fruity pallet and floral, spicy hop aromas.
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 Aurelius (2654), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 17, 2007  
Musty, citrus tangy, floral, biotic aroma. Very clear gold, bad label. A twinge of western hops, moderately sweet, citrus gelatin flavors. Some eggy notes and other off flavors dragged my rating down. Medium bitterness. Medium mouth. Makes some feints at crispness. Yellow APA. Goes biscuity towards the finish. Nothing special, but it’s probably a good gateway beer from macros to better quality stuff. Ale-in-the-Mail offering Feb 2007.


 porterhouse (1163), Alna, Maine, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 31, 2006  
(Draft) Nice and hoppy, not bad...Pours lightly amberish yellow with one finger of off-white head. Aroma mostly flowery hops, and a little bready. I was thinking this must be a IPA, or at least an APA. Mouthfeel medium-full, lightly prickly. Nice lacing. Flavor is mostly flowery hops, very light fruitiness and a bit piney in the finish. Bitterness is mild. Pretty good.


 Veeve (312), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Nov 25, 2006  
pours a dark amber-gold with a full, bubly white head which considerably laces. first thing you notice is that this is extremely well carbonated. lively mouthfeel. smells of sweet malts and whiffs of caramel. tastes of bready yeast, lemon, grapefruit, grassy hops. finishes dry, chalky and slightly ibtter. very pleasant.


 eaglefan538 (2399), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 5, 2006  
A very drinkable beer, this wasn’t that impressive. Comparing my experience with those below, I’m assuming this product varies a bit even in the local market. The pour was amber-orange in color with a thin head that yielded good lacing. The aroma was more like that of a pale ale. The flavor was pretty malty and lightly fruited, but had enough of a pine hop finish to it to keep it honest (although more malty than hoppy). Very easy to drink, but nothing special.


 Beerdedone (1888), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 24, 2006    Updated: Apr 26, 2006
Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of sweet malts and spices. Preety weak flavor, sweet, smooth, but weak.


 RooftopRogue (423), Champaign, Illinois, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/55/102/59/20
Mar 4, 2006  
This beer is offers a mild aroma of yeast infused with tin. It is a rusty maize colored solution that sits under a decent head that is continuously supplied by a constant flow of carbonation bubbles. This thin beer has decent hoppy taste that fades leaving a mild sweet nut taste lingering.


 Nejhleader (930), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/512/20
Feb 28, 2006  
poured a giant head, nice golden yellow colour. bit of malt in the aroma i thought, not a whole lot of taste going on, pretty average..


 outerupt (133), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/514/20
Feb 23, 2006  
12oz. bottle. Well, it’s ok but about as intriguing as the name. It does indeed pour golden with reasonable body, a bit of fruit and light sweetness on the mid-palate and a somewhat weak hop finish. An ok session beer.



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