Clipper City Brewing Company's Heavy Seas Pale Ale

Pours an orangish amber with a barely existent head. Decent carbonation.

Smells right. Slightly grassy hops, slightly sweet malt.

Tastes about right as well, although it's kind of weak in the feel. All in all it's within type, but that's about it.

Meh.

Clipper City Brewing Company's High Seas Gold Ale

Is there such a thing as an "American Gold Ale"?

Pours deeper than I expected, basing my assumptions on European golden ales. Slightly orangish, with the expected weak head that never really forms.

Almost no smell at all. Slightly sweet malt, but barely any at all.

Another beer with a soft-drink feel, it tastes like a stronger Budweiser--like rice and minimal hops.

I guess it's not bad, but it's as much like a weak macro as anything BMC puts out.