Arundel Sussex Gold (Bottle)

Brewed by Arundel
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Arundel, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: APR 14, 2011 Oct, 2005 Bottle. Sainsbury. Sussex Gold. Cold Filtered. Interesting mix of English hops and Cascade hops. The mix doesn’t work for me - the earthy and dusty English hops (Fuggles and Goldings) seem to muddle and dirty the clean, citric American hop. First Gold would have achieved this taste effect much cleaner. The Best Before is July next year but already there is an oxidized and cardboardy flavour here. Carbonation is pleasantly low for an artificially carbonated beer. Malt is lightly sweet like a fine malt cake with a touch of ginger. Pleasant beer which doesn’t do too well filtered. [2.8]
April, 2011 Tesco. An attractive little drink. It takes some of the characteristics of the lager style golden ales, and some of the characteristics of the APA golden ale. The intention appears to deliver a clean, satisfying, dry session beer with some fragrance. It’s certainly clean and dry, and there are those who like that, though I prefer a little more character and sweetness in my beer. The malt does come through, with caramel, orange, honey and vanilla notes, and it’s pleasant enough. The hops are pleasant - not overbearing, just providing interest and additional flavour with some gently fragrant lavender notes. It’s actually not a bad beer - clean, flavoursome, with the malt and hops working well together. It’s not quite my thing, but I wouldn’t turn it away. [3.0]

Medium gold with a frothy lasting off-white head. Smells of caramel malt with light citrus hops.Some flowery elements. Medium oily body. Sweet taste of caramel with a limited bitter finish. Some citrus grass in the aftertaste. Very average and nothing much to talk about.

[500ml bottle from Maureen & Dave - cheers!] Dirty dark gold with a large foaming white head and slight to moderate carbonation. Decent rich mouthfeel. Peaches up front, straw throughout, and some lemon in the finish. On the dry side, but little bitterness. A decent bitter that exceeded my expectations.

Pours golden amber. Big white head gives way to thin head after a minute. Nose is honeycomb toffee, bit of dry grass. Taste is sweet biscuity malt, bit of caramel and then dry straw like hops. Finish is dryish and little hop bitterness.

Bottled. Golden as expected with a whitish head. A bit of straw and cardboard amongst the orangey hops in the nose. Decent citrus amd grassy in the mouth amongst a bit of rubber. Would be far better filtered than pasteurised as this no doubt started off a fairly decent beer.

10.08.2007, 0,5l Bottle. Arundel Brewery Ltd. Golden colour with white head. Malty aroma.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, citrus notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101211]

Bottle @ Southern/Western Denmark Tasting, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head. Dry and citrussy hoppy. Floral and bitter flavor. Dry and crisp.

Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of citrus, hops and malt. Taste is medium bitter with a dry ending with soft carbonation.

Bottle, 4.2%. Flowery aroma, perhaps a bit of elderflower. Cloudy yellow colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour is nicely flowery and faintly sweet. Subtle, but good and still flavourful. Good clean bitterness.

Bottle @ FOneFan. Very slightly hazy golden with small white head. Flavour is malt, butter, grass and hops.