Beer Review #56 Tire Bite Golden Ale
We start off Flying Dog Brewery week with Tire Bite Golden Ale. This beer comes in at 5.0% ABV and supports 16.5 IBUs. The beer pours a golden color (shocking I know) and is perfectly clear. There is a fluffy white head to go along with it as well. On the nose this is a bit of malt, with biscuit and bread in there as well. There is also a slight hop nose, but nothing overwhelming.
The flavor is bready with a light malt sweetness. The beer is very crisp. The only thing that I found odd was that it finishes a bit sour, with some lemon flavors in there. Overall it was nice and light, just had a few strange flavors that I was not expecting. The beer is light, but well bodied. I would say this is a solid summer beer. Light and refreshing but refreshing.
If you look around the beer review sites this beer has a very low rating. I don’t know if they changed the recipe or anything like that recently, but I don’t think it deserves the low ratings at all. Sure it isn’t something that is super unique or fully flavorful, but it is not supposed to be. It is a simple refreshing beer that fits in perfectly with warm weather. If you are looking for something light and refreshing and still has flavor this beer might be for you.
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Yeah it really doesn’t hold a lot when it comes to a normal craft beer, but it is great for light drinking. There is more flavor in there any any typical “lite” beer would have and I think that is the point. Nothing flashy or special, but targeted at the people switching between macro and micro.