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Brewed by 1648
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Lewes, England

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RATINGS: 22   MEAN: 3.13/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.04   SEASONAL: Summer   EST. CALORIES: 138   ABV: 4.6%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask: Seasonal - May to September. Also available bottle conditioned.
Honey coloured ale gently flavoured with pure Sussex Honey but balanced with a gentle biscuit edge.
The biscuit edge prevents the honey from becoming too overpoweringly sweet.


3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - NOV 16, 2011

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a large, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, grass, flowers, sour fruit, soured milk notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, i did not get muck honey ? Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20111105]

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ungstrup (23913) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - JAN 5, 2006
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy orange beer with a small beige head. The aroma contains notes of honey and brewmash - pretty much like being in a brewhouse while brewing. The flavor is sweet spicy with some notes of honey and flowers. The mouthfeel is slightly sticky.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
oh6gdx (15955) - Vasa, FINLAND - DEC 16, 2011
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Golden colour, huge white head. Aroma is spruce, quite acidic and very sour and spicy. Flavour is acidic wood, some spices, and sour and yeastyness. With yeast in it, a very good orval clone... So if you want a good rating, throw in the yeast, just in case it would be infected....

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Dedollewaitor (10287) - Odense, DENMARK - NOV 5, 2011
Bottle @ Ulfborg, Early Winter Tasting, 2011. Pours cloudy orange with a frothy white head and lacings. Nose is honey and orange. Dry and bitter flavor with citrus, orange and honey. Medium bodied. Ends dry.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
harrisoni (10067) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - SEP 21, 2008
Cask gravity at SIBA BF, Paddock Wood. Gold, thin white head. More golden syrup than honey. Some hay, some grassy hop. Not really much honey. Fine, but I would like more evident honey flavour.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9873) - Malmö, SWEDEN - APR 3, 2009
Cask @ The Speaker, Westminster SW1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Sweetish fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of honey. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TBone (9405) - Pori, FINLAND - DEC 16, 2011
Bottled 500ml (BB 12/2011)
Served with yeast. Hazy orange color, good white head. Aroma is like in Orval! Horseblankety, honeyish. Light bodied. Flavor is also like Orval! Horseblankety, fruity, peppery, honeyish. Well, I think it was not intended to be like this but I love it!

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
yngwie (9175) - Kristiansand, NORWAY - NOV 5, 2011
Bottle. A big, dense, off-white head sits on top of a more or less clear, golden body. Rather funky on the nose, lemony and milky, with fruityness and some pale malts. Dry on the palate, and rather effervescent. Lemon and some milky notes in the flavor too, along with citrus peel and a touch of pale malts. Pleasant bitterness too. I’m quite convinced it’s infected, but it has turned out quite successful. Quenching. 111105

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - APR 9, 2011
Cask Stillage at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke on Trent 22/10/2010 Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured a little fruity and hoppy with a hint of bitterness and dryness in a lasting malt finish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8632) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JAN 1, 2009
cask at cloisters edinburgh ... light golden ... small lacing ... liught fruit almost no nose ... sweet honey front light fruit very gentel hop ... medium body...medium heavy carbonation.


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