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MacTarnahans Original Honey Beer

MacTarnahans Original Honey Beer

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14
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A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
Portland Brewing Company (Pyramid)

Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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1972.44/5.02.44/5.04.8%11.1English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Here’s the original honey beer. Crisp and refreshing, with a hint of sweetness. To craft the beer, we enlist the talents of several million local bees for their pure, white clover honey. Our brewmaster then blends the ambrosia with select, two-row barley malt and balances it with prized Willamette hops. While the bees reluctantly part with their honey, The Great American Beer Festival enthusiastically receives it, as they’ve awarded OHB a silver medal in a category with more than 60 blonde ales.

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 thooper41 (271), USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20

Jun 12, 2008  
12oz bottle: pours golden brown with quick fading white head, aroma is very light but of malt, flavor has very little honey to speak of and very light on malt also, and very little hopping. pretty bland beer.

 astrofrk (114), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/55/20
Dec 20, 2008  
Cloudy Gold. Fast, creamy head. Mild caramel, malt aroma. Flavor: Fruits, malt, cardboard. Dry finish. Not great. Overrated.


 nearbeer (1484), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 30, 2008  
12 oz, bb 010308. Clear topaz with a creamy half-inch head that frosts the whole glass. Faint aroma of citrus and honey. Flavor is the same, plus some tart apple and berry, then some lemon grass on the finish. Near-medium body is smooth, dry, and lightly tingly. Very drinkable; looks like from the ratings here everyone should try to find the aged, past-bb date bottle like I stumbled into.


 Beardface (344), Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/58/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Nasty golden urine colored pour with an unattractive floral aroma with some sort of herbal backdrop. Surpising amount of hops for the style, but everything else about the flavor is a mess. Weird bite and aftertaste to this one, hard to define. MIld honey flavor, but not enough to live up to the name.


 tronraner (1536), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Bottle. Pours pale gold with soapy white head. The aroma is floral and herbal with some dusty malt notes and a sweet touch. The flavor is moderate herbaceous hops and a sweet-ish malty backbone that does indeed resemble honey, especially in the finish. Alright, I guess, but it comes across as a regular uninspiring golden ale.


 gator2683 (105), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Nov 26, 2008  
clear gold with a slightly pilsner aroma and a tiny bit of malt. some honey flavor, but it doesnt dominate. theres some kind of unpleasant bite i just cant get into



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