3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned at The George, Barford St. Michael, Oxon. Golden amber beer with white head. A malty sweet golden beer, floral peppery hops with a lingering bitterness. A very decent beer, hints of gooseberry within the body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpump at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Clear golden colour with a creamy white head. Malty with a long bitter finish. Decent bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: OCT 16, 2006 Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 20/09/2003
Clear golden coloured bitter with floral aromas. Very smooth on the palate with a lasting hoppy finish.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: APR 22, 2006 Dec, 2004 JDW, Rochester. Pale malt beer of little character. Pleasant enough, but ordinary and a bit dull. [2.7]
April, 2006 Rising Sun, Kemsing. A lagerish golden beer. Wheat head. Bland. Fairly clean. Lager hops, but not many of them them. All round rather dull. [2.4]
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned (gravity), Royal Standard, Wooburn Common, Bucks. A tasty golden beer, with a lingering bitterness. Nothing spectacular, but a great pint.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Light copper colour - not as golden as the name would suggest. Plenty of body, but like many Archers beers in my experience, a little too much residual sweetness on the finish. The number of one-off, occasional and special brews that Archers is producing is nothing short of bewildering and, without a company website to clarify matters, I can't help feeling that here is a little gimmickry at work. Perfectly acceptable beer, but nothing special. Handpump, Market Porter, London SE1, October 2003
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