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Even when I followed racing, I was more of a NASCAR fan, but Nashville hosted a race for one of the Indy leagues or something that I didn't pay attention to. The only thing I really know about it is that they closed a bunch of roads downtown, and the drivers complained that the roads were bumpy. Well, we paid for the roads, and we're not happy about them being bumpy, either.
The gold beer looks like an appropriately dark version of something you might see in a beer commercial. It's not the pale neon yellow of a Budweiser, but it's a nice, gold beer. The head isn't much to enjoy, and I won't see any lacing. The aroma is strong and lemon over bread. I could easily mistake this for a pilsner. Heck, if you told me it was a kind of odd lager, I wouldn't dispute you... yet.
Bottom Line: Like the type of race car, it's not my favorite.
The gold beer looks like an appropriately dark version of something you might see in a beer commercial. It's not the pale neon yellow of a Budweiser, but it's a nice, gold beer. The head isn't much to enjoy, and I won't see any lacing. The aroma is strong and lemon over bread. I could easily mistake this for a pilsner. Heck, if you told me it was a kind of odd lager, I wouldn't dispute you... yet.
First sip is infesting enough. If you suggested, at this point, that it was a low calorie lager, I would concede. The only thing making me think it isn't is the bready finish that gets all yeasty. The idea that this would be watery in the middle didn't occur to me, but the fact is that I've delved into a lot of barrel aged beers lately, and maybe I'm just in a place where I need to get used to regular beers again.
Tip-in is a gentle caress of carbonation with some delightfully sweet honey malt and lemons that barely touch the tongue. The middle is good and thirst-quenching with the malt becoming less sweet, water rising, and yeast coming into the picture. The finish is a bit off with yeast conflicting with the bitterness that enters and sweetness is nowhere to be found.
Bottom Line: Like the type of race car, it's not my favorite.
1.75/5
