8 Sail Lincolnshire Gold

Brewed by 8 Sail
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Sleaford, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Pale golden with a small white head. Hoppy aroma of citrus and peach with a grassy touch. Dry and slightly tart, citrus dominated flavour.

Bottle. Cloudy golden beer with a strong white head. The aroma is quite sour and citric, and the flavour is bitter, quite sour and dry at the finish. Overall a fairly average golden ale.

500ml bottle (ChrisO’s post-GBBF2011 Tuesday)
Ewwwww, this has turned. It’s soured to fuck. You can see there was a nice beer underneath, some of the malt sugars are still there, and there’s a fruity hoppiness, but dem bloody bacteria done gone fucked it up. Should rerate when it’s not sour.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, leather notes. Flavour is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light bitter with a average to long duration, malty, tart citrus, sweet tart citrus, milky tart - sour notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110731]

Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours cloudy golden with a small creamy off white head. Tart fruit and yeast. A bit of dust. Dry end.

Bottle at ChrisO & Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear golden - white head. Light malty, fruity, light toasted, ok hoppy for a very light beer, flowery, summerish, citrus, lemon. Pleasant.

UPDATED: AUG 30, 2011 500ml bottle, best before December 2011, from Beers of Europe. Straw colour. Fluffy white head. Nice condition. Strong hoppy aroma - grassy and citric. Strong citrus on the palate too. Clean and fruity. Very decent. Maybe just a touch sweet for my taste. Pithy lemon, with a tart verging on sour twist, in the aftertaste makes for a refreshing drop. If there is any infection here, it hasn’t done it too much harm from my perspective.

Bottle (from Beers Of Europe). Hazy yellow colour with a mediumsized foamy/creamy white head that leaves quite much lace. Aroma is fruits, some honey and quite mild herbal notes as well. Pleasant. Flavour is fruits, some mild tart wooden notes as well as mild earthy and herbal notes. Not sure if the tartness is from an infection or not, but still pleasantly dry due to the tartness.

Bottle. Hazy gold with a white foam. Aromas are yeast with spiced oranges and lemon. Flavours are dry, spritzy yeast with bitter lemon. Quite tart and possibly a bit tainted. Not very good.