4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Centra, Oslo.
Lovely ruby color.
Very fruity, sour cherries, hoppy aftertaste. Lots of aroma packed into this one, shows that you cam make amazing low alcohol beer if you really want to!
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle, bought at Vaaland, Bryne - shared with Roger. Amber color, nice off-white head. Aroma is fruity and malty. Flavor is sweet fruity, hops and malt is weell balanced. Sweet and bitter finish and fine carbonation. To be a 3,4% beer, this is really good.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle, bought in Norway. A new beer from Adnams, developed from their long gone Champion Pale Ale. Amber colour, big off-white head. Biscuits, some malts and a moderate fruitiness in the aroma. The flavour has fruity hops on a decent malty base, and the mouthfeel is very good for a 3.4% beer.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: NOV 3, 2009 March 2008Champion pale Ale. 275ml bottle. From Shropshire - vintage 1988. Fairly lifeless. Quite a soft drink, with a moderate level of maltiness merged with some soft cardboard notes. This is a weak pale ale, usually called a Light Ale. They are not good even fresh; aging has perhaps added some character, but not much. Not a very pleasurable experience even if the beer is quite drinkable. [1.6]
Feb, 2009 Lighthouse. Slightly fuller bodied than most light ales. There’s not much going on here. Tastes like the washings through. Considering what it is it’s fairly drinkable. [2.3]
Nov, 2009 Lighthouse. I have returned to this after enjoying the cask version in the JDW festival the other day, and found it rather better tasting on this visit than when I had it in Feb. There’s a decent enough malt body with a fairly rich mouthfeel with notes of caramel and toffee. It’s a fairly dry beer with some nuttiness and a Russian tea finish. The hop finish is fairly vague compared to the cask, and there are off-flavours from the processing, in addition to a soft but unwelcome gassiness. All in all, it’s not a great beer, but it’s drinkable and pleasant in parts. [2.5]
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