3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 9/20
4.2%, pale amber colour with a thin head, aroma of hops, had it with a curry so not sure about the taste will review again at a later date.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Bottle) Clear pale copper / amber with some white head. Some pleasant aroma of grassy / flop hops. Pleasant mouthfeel - medium body and carbonation (when poured I thought it was going to be fizzy, but the carbonation is fine). Flavour is very acceptable, but unexceptional. Slightly tangy refreshing start followed by soft maltiness developing into a reasonable bitter finish. I think I detected candy or pear drops in there somewhere. Overall, very drinkable.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
500ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a medium head. Aroma is boring bready malt. Taste is bready malt throughout with a slight hop bitterness on the finish.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle badged as Finchley’s Golden Pale Ale. Well it’s not exactly golden. It’s more like a pale copper colour. Anyway... Smells of the tide-line after the sun’s been at it. Quite a peppery hop in the mouth. Nice spicy, peppery finish. Quite dry. A slight malt flavour’s in there somewhere. Probably a good beer to have with steak and chips.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Golden, clear and a bit lively upon opening.Not a lot of carbonation so my initial fears about it being over lively soon disappeared. Some hoppiness with a presence of fruit. A typical pleasant Batemans beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark amber with white head. Malts, caramel and some citrus aroma. Hoppy, a bit sweet-bitter flavor with tones of grapefruit. Round and nice on palate. Finish is bitter-hoppy which lasts for a quite a while.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Clear gold in colour with slight carbonation. Skunky, boiled sweet and tired hop aroma. light mouth feel, with sweet, barley sugar flavours and a hint of a bitter finish. Another English pasteurised bottled beer failure - sink pour.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
I usually like Batemans beers and gold/blonde beers are one of my favourite styles but this is poor, thin and lacks much in the way of aroma and flavour. Poor stuff, try the triple xb instead.
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