Hook and Ladder Golden Ale

Darker yellow color. Thin, watery head. Icy lace sticks to the glass like cold weather on a window. The smell is a lighter, golden ale/lager aroma. It’s like a lighter, weaker pub ale smell. Nothing unpleasant, just a bit wimpy. The taste is an English light ale, along the lines of a Bass. Has a decent sweetish malt that is bready but with a dollop of molasses. It leaves a bit of an aftertaste. The feel is watery and leaves a minor bitter film. Underwhelming on the palate; a light lagery film at the end. All told, it’s an okay beer. Not overwhelmingly awesome, but drinkable I suppose.

Bottle. Pours a medium sized frothy white head with poor retention, transparent gold body, sparse amount of lacing, and carbonation observed. The aroma is malt and corn. The flavor is lightly bitter, malty, corn, crisp, clean, and a semi-dry finish. The mouthfeel is tingly and this is a medium bodied beer. Overall, this is easy to drink but is rather bland tasting and easily forgettable.

POURS GOLDEN WITH A SMALL HEAD. Aroma of malt and sweetness which drive into a palate that shows the malt and some spices, hops does come out in the end.

Very mild malt aroma. Clear golden color with a very small white head. Sweet beginning that slowly fades in the finish.

12 oz bottle. Pours gold with a soft fizzy head. Smells of subtle hops, sweet malt, and somewhat of a very mild seasoning. Tastes of corn and grainy malt, grassy hops, and very faint corriander and/or cinnamin, but very faintly as it warms. Smooth body and nice drinkability.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy bright golden color with a large yellow-white head. The aroma was sour, tangy, yeasty and slightly corny. The flavor was sour, tangy, yeasty and corny with a short tangy finish. I should also note that I tried the draft and found it to be absolutely disgusting. Ok.

clear gold color, quickly dissipating white head, not much lace. very airy aroma of malt and grain. corn syrupy flavor with hints of sweet malt, honey and grain. medium bodied, oily mouth feel, dry finish. pretty forgettable; no need to repeat unless you buy a six pack. single bottle purchase from binny’s orland park.

Clear gold color with a fleeting white head. Mild sweet pale malt aroma. Light/medium body. Mild flavor is lightly sweet honey pale malts with some corn syrup. Not really bad just bland.