Great Divide Bee Sting Ale

Brewed by Great Divide Brewing Company
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Pours medium golden color with no more head than a light, white ring around the top. Fairly sweet aroma with some citrus but not much there. Flavor is slightly better with some nice, very smooth maltiness, but practically no hops. There’s honey in this?? Mouthfeel is nice and clean but not too thin. Ho hum.

Dark golden color with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malt and some citrus. Flavor of sweet malt and honey. Crisp and refreshing.

bottle. dark yellow almost orange . thin evaporating head that runs scared very quickly upon being released from the bottle. sweet malt flavor that has a hint of the honey in this. finish is disappointing bitter turning to sour like an old man talking about how his life has gone wrong. bland aroma with a floral honey hint.

Pours honey gold with medium white head. Aroma of malt, slight citrus, honey, cookie dough. Tastes slightly of honey, citrus, but has a somewhat sour aftertaste. Watery and light on the palate.

Golden ale with a complex, citrus aroma. Light bodied and very crisp, with a strong lemon taste. The sweetness is very mild, but it lasts until the finish, which is very clean and dry.

Bottle. Straw gold body with a lasting half finger white head. Nose is almost nonexistent. There is a small hint of sweetness and malt, but it is almost undetectable. The taste is very mellow: notes of homey, hops, malt, and an almost orangey citrus note are there. The honey is there, but it is very much in the background. The finish is super clean with a very slight bitter bite. This is a very good mellow beer. Nothing surprising, challenging, or shocking.

I really never noticed anything honey about this ale, except in the scent when I first took off the cap. It is mellow and very smooth, but it is rather average and has no character. However, it is very drinkable on a hot summer night.

Orange Copper colored, smallish white head. Honeyish, orange blossom aroma. Orange Marmalade flavorVery little bitterness, although a hint of piney hop at the finish. Surprisingly not bad.