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McAuslan Griffon Extra Pale Ale

McAuslan Griffon Extra Pale Ale

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A Golden Ale/Blond Ale brewed by
McAuslan Brewing

Montreal, Canada

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1132.92/5.02.92/5.05%52.8English pint, Shaker P  Stats

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As gold medalist in the Golden Canadian Ale category at the 1996 World Beer Cup, Griffon Extra Pale Ale has earned a place of honor among Canadian premium beers. Noted beer expert and author Charlie Papazian praised Griffon Extra Pale for its bright gold color, clean hop and malt flavor and "great drinkability".

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 mullet2007 (193), St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/513/20

Aug 14, 2008  
Pours a nice crisp amber colour with a thick white head that quickly dissipates, leaving just a skiff of white foam. Smell is vaguely fruity, perhaps a little bit floral. Flavour is highly sweet, but with malts backing it upas opposed to just sugaryness. There’s some hop bitterness present in the finish, but not much flavour. It’s pretty highly carbonated, but in a good way for the style, and it’s actually reasonably thick, surprisingly.

 JesseM (442), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 7, 2009  
On tap at the Golden Kiwi. Taps a slightly deeper than average gold with a large frothy white head that laces the glass very well. Aroma is pretty unremarkable pale malts and some fruity esters, but very faint and barely recognizable. Flavour is slightly better with the fruity elements being complemented well with some dry hop zing in the finish and a sweet faint malty aftertaste. I was a bit let down by this one, it’s definitely not a bad beer, and highly drinkable, but much more faint and indistinct than I was expecting.


 matt7215 (654), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 29, 2008  
on tap at the golden kiwi. taps golden with a fluffy white head. muted hoppy pale ale aroma. enjoyable hop and malt playfulness but it is all toned down to macro standards. good but not great, when at the kiwi order the F & M in place of this.


 AWS9 (145), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Bottle. Pours nice gold colour, with a decent foamy head. Creamy texture, with a smooth mouthfeel, though a little bitter too. Sweet hops dominate, with a hint of maltyness. Pretty good example of the style.


Flamojune (77), Ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 16, 2008  
Bonne blonde rafraichissante de couleur dorée clair. Cette biere n’est pas pour autant cheap. Bon gout de malt, beaucoup de gout pour une petite blonde...



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