3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Cloisters. Golden with a white head. Lemony hop aroma. Grapefruit and lemon hoppy bitterness. Light caramel malt with a dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at Cloisters. Pours a blonde colour with a thick white head. Aroma of pine, pineapple, yeast and caramel. A slightly vegetal cabbage quality also. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Nicely bitter.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pale gold with a thin white head. Light smell of citrus and hops with some flowers. Light thin body. Fairly watery with a bitter hop finish. Citus and orange peel. Very watery borring
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the Briton’s Protection, Manchester 22/01/2011
Floral hop aroma. Clear golden coloured hoppy and floral with a citrus flavour. A hint of dryness and bitterness in a malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask.
Aroma was mild floral and malt, light golden, tiny white head. Flavour is light malt, slight pressence of hops. Light bodied, well balanced, sweet, juicy and refreshing. Quite nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at the Junction Tavern.
Perfectly clean yellow gold and guess what? No head what so ever. Bloody useless Junction. Big assertive lemon sherbet hops all round. Very little else going on but damn this is good. It’s approaching Hophead territory. Juicy as hell but dry and bitter with just a pinch of sourness. Excellent faint lick of pale malt in the finish to add just a touch of balancing sweetness to all the bitter lemon. Bloody excellent. If the Junction could manage to squeeze some f**king condition into there beers this would be up there with the very best. As it is, in this condition, I’ll have to stick with bloody excellent.
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3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Live & Let Live, Cambridge, England on 15th August 2009. This review refers to the 4.4% version of this ale, known as "Pretoria". Gold with lasting off-white foamy head. A little initial yeastiness (earth) followed by a refreshingly crisp hoppiness making the beer more-ish. A dry bitter finish on a slightly textured mouthfeel afforded by good condition. A delicious session ale.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
@The Station Bar in Huddersfield with Craig.Golden orange color with an average lacing head. Moderate hoppy aroma with citric fruits mostly. Lemony hop bitter taste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Head of Steam, Huddersfield, England.
Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus - lime, grapefruit, fresh. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090716]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Ok... in a departure from normal rating... due to the INCREDIBLY high number of BLOND ales during the Shefiled trip that all blended into one another im breaking them down into three catagories
Catagory A : Golden Yellow ... light fruity lemon hop nose ... soft dull light lemon hop
Catagory B : Amber ... light dry lemon hop ... soft light lemon hop with a little malt in background
Catagory C : Amber ... soapy lemon nose ... light brigh lemon hop
Catagory D : Amber ... light grassy lemon hop ... dry grassy lemon hop
This is a Catagory C Station Bar at huddersfield
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