Sand Creek Golden Ale

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

Appearance: Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Smell: Faint aroma of toasted grains with an almonst indistinct floral hop scent. Taste: Sweet, lightly-flavored maltiness and a soft, floral bitterness. Bland finish. That’s really all there is to it. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Wholly underwhelming.

Pours a transparent light golden with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma reminds me of smelling a bag of light DME. Body starts fairly sweet and malty with a good amount of carbonation and some mild bittering hop presence. Fairly well balanced and very drinkable. Would make a nice session brew.

Picked up a single bottle at The Coffee Grounds in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Pours clear golden pale brew with thin creamy white head that dissolves to a white ring with spotty lacing. Aroma of light popcorn with a touch of citrus zest and honey. Taste is highly carbonated, light to medium bodied with flavors of multi-grain malt, corn grits, some citrus zest and a touch of herbs. Finish is a little acidic with a sweet corn aftertaste. No bitterness in the aftertaste. An average light brew without the bitterness.

Poured with a 1 inch head with large a large bead that quickly settled to a film of spotty foam. I got no lacing down the glass. The aroma is sweet with a sweet corn aroma. A nice clear appearance. The flavor is nothing out of the ordinary. This is a beer that one might introduce a craft beer novice to.. Quite thin with a grainy finish. I recommend that you don’t buy 6 or more unless you are a budmilloors drinker looking for something with a bit more flavor.

Typical ale, amber in color. Nothing special here, some decent citrus/spicy flavors. Light in body, a foregetful brew.

Pours a healthy clear amber gold with an inch of soft white foam. Good head retention, adequate lacing. Impressive aroma of malt and peppery hops. Very dry flavor of toasted malt - nothing at all like the aroma. Pretty much the same flavor all the way through to the finish, where a mild citrus bitterness kicks in. A little bitterness lingers into the aftertaste. Light body, good carbonation.

Ugh, not a winner here. I could spend the time to put in a long eloquent diatribe on how inadequate this beer is. Why? Fizzy non-existent head. Light golden color and a cheap corn sweetness smell. Are there any hops in this? I’m guessing so based on the light bitterness in the finish which makes this go from bad to worse. Low on color, aroma, flavor, palate and finish. Stay away!

I’m uncertain of what they were trying to accomplish here. Golden bodied with a dinkus head, it comes across like an American wheat, only without the character. (?) Light malt and light wheat nose and flavor with a touch of honey sweetness. Not much here.

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