1648 Signature

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Bottle. Nice frothy head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sour brett, stable, malt, fruits, flowers and hops. Not sure brett is intentional but I like it.

Cask at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. Straw with a thin white head; the aroma is grainy and faintly citrus - I’m not sure at this point whether this is a Golden Ale or a cask lager; quite thin in the mouth, but with an assertive flavour - some indistinct sour fruit and some strong grains, with a touch of honeyed sweetness; then a dry finish. Interesting, but I don’t think I’d venture beyond one of these.

50 cl bottle @ chriso.
Rated on 20110722.
Pours hazy light yellow with large head, looks somewhat like champagne. Aroma of light sour fruits, spices and malts. Flavor of sour grassy fruits, butter and reminds me of jonge lambics. Probably a bit infected.
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Cask conditioned at Minehead Beer Fest ’11. Pale gold with white head. Light, quite thinnish beer but with a light fruitiness in the close, passion fruit perhaps, leading to bitterness. It’s ok.

Cask (GBBF2011)
A pleasant hoppy bitter, with a nice wooly finish. It’s nice to have some interesting fresh hoppy tastes in my mouth after a trough of boring bitters.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear golden - white head. Fruity, light malty, light pilsner malty, a bit crispy, bitterness, ok hoppy, citrus. OK.

From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and mild citrusy hoppy. Bitter, grassy and light citrusy. Dry and fruity finish.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of caramel and hops with notes of grass. Fruity flavour of hay, grass and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.