3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Yeasty and biscuity nose. Nice colour but somewhat weak head. Relatively complex flavour with a range from sweet malt via sharp citrus to biting astringency at the end. This complexity adds rather than detracts, and as a result this is quite a well realised ale.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Blonde with a high hop presence.Some bitterness although not pronounced.Lingering slightly citric aftertaste. Perhaps not very adventurous but refreshing and pleasant.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Caramel coloured beer with a fizzy head. The aroma is plainly dry and the flavour is caramel, slightly dry and off bitter. Overall a fairly standard beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Light amber/gold with a fluffy off-white head. Aromas are sweet caramel malts that are replaced by dry biscuit and zesty citrus. Flavours are initially sweet without being particularly malty then lemon and peach followed by bitter grapefruit. Has some bitter green pine towards the finish. One of the many in vogue golden ales that every (large) brewery must have in its portfolio. And its a good, refreshing beer.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Mid amber with an off-white head. Very little aroma I could discern, perhaps surprising as I didn’t chill it as recommended. Taste had an initial burst of caramel sweetness and ended with mid to low bitterness. Sorry, I just didn’t pick up the promised ’contemporary edge’.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Amber with a big head that reduced rather quickly. Fruity and yeasty aromas with some toffee. Sweet caramel initially, still quite bitter, even harshly so, ending rather dry. Grapefruit and yeasty flavours. Medium body, well carbonated.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 6, 2009 500ml bottle from Morrisons. Copper colour with lasting off white head. Yeasty and citric hop nose with some sweet caramel. Soft in mouth, bit of candy sugar, some more caramel and more citrus hop on the end with some lemon and yeast. The hops are quite zesty. Certainly better than the cask version I had. 3.2/5 Re-rate bottle in Tesco, certainly more hoppy, more pronounced grapefruit and other citrus fruits. Something that I have actually chosen to buy for the train ride home rather than having to put up with something.
2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Much fuller than the cask version, but with plastic off flavours from the botling treatment. Whatever was Adnams intention in the blend of traditional Old World and contemporary New World beer styles the off flavours dominate in an unhappy marraige.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, courtesy of John White. Copper gold, thin shortlived white head and gentle condition. Initial toffee maltiness and buterscotch, some earthy hoppiness and developing fruitiness that has hints of peach and honey. Full bodied in the mouth, quite chewy with plenty of sweet toffee malt and fruit. Solid hop notes contribute more fruitiness and a developing bitterness that also has some slightly burnt malt characteristics. Finish is quite long with hints of toffee and fruity hops.
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