Golden Ale

Golden ale made with golden naked oats and English hops.

At the time of posting this Golden Ale, this is my hoppiest beer ever. That’s kind of funny as it’s probably only just approaching American pale ale levels of hops. I experienced the craft beer scene in San Diego in the mid-late 00’s and IPAs were abound. What I had trouble finding in bars was anything with a focus on malt, or at least lacking a focus on hops. This was before Belgians and sours became hot styles, so when I started brewing in 2009 I turned my attention toward beers from my homeland: England.

This Golden Ale represents a first step towards making hoppier beer styles, though I’m doubtful that I’ll ever make anything like a DIPA.

I generally like to mash my sub-5% beers on the higher side, increasing that mash temp as the ABV drops. This is to prevent the beer from being overly thin and watery due to high attenuation. As this recipe has a good portion of oats, I decided to try a low mash temperature and I was not disappointed. It has all the body I hoped for. I highly recommend you try Golden Naked Oats in a beer soon.

Here are the tasting notes for my Golden Ale.