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Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Stromness, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 72   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.11   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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Bottled (pasteurised).
NOTE: Only ratings for the bottled version here. The cask version has a separate entry.
Nimbus Strong Pale Ale (5.0% abv) resembles the famous Kölsch beers of Cologne: pale in colour, soft in mouthfeel, but strong in alcoholic content. Our rendition has a rich, warming hop and a memorable malt character.
A small addition of around 5% malted wheat to the grist gives this beer much of its body and softness.
The aroma is of pronounced fresh-fruit hops, together with a sweet nuttiness. On the palate this beer has a verdant, almost vegetal, hop presence. Nimbus also exhibits lovely malt character of fresh bread and almonds.
This beer has understated power: delicate, complex and more-ish despite its relative alcoholic strength.


3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8635) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JUN 12, 2007
Golden yellow ... hoppy nose ... sweet fruit hop ... with malt undertones ... quite floral ... little grapefruit.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - MAR 12, 2007
Golden with a white head. Aroma is roasted malt with marmalade sweetness. Taste is gently sweet with a slight citric flavour and a light hoppiness. Pretty good bottled beer.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
hepburn82 (143) - SCOTLAND - NOV 7, 2006
Bottled from Tesco. They have a good range of new scottish ales worth checking out. Quite deep golden colour. Loads of toffe in the nose, toffee and ripe fruit flavor with some hoppiness to finish. A nice beer with enough to set it apart from others in a similar style. Clean and fresh tasting.

2.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Fin (5749) - Merton, Oxfordshire, England, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - SEP 17, 2006
Bottle, picked up SH Jones, Bicester. Golden in colour quite clear with a busy white frothy head. Aroma was a touch yeasty, wheaty and flavour disappointed a tad as promise of aroma never quite carried on through, still there was a reasonable level of bitterness and whilst not great it wasn’t a bad effort.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ungstrup (23917) - Oamaru, NEW ZEALAND - JUN 26, 2006
An orange beer with a disappearing off-white head. The aroma is sweet and very flowery, while the flavor is sweet malty with notes of elderberryflowers.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Papsoe (22946) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUN 21, 2006
(Bottle 50 cl) Clear, pilsener golden with a rough, off-white head. Lightly citrusy nose. Medium-bodied with citrusy flavours and a dry, hoppy finish. Very fresh indeed. Yet another fresh and pleasant beer from Atlas - nowhere near a Kölsch though. 200606

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
ThomasE (5176) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUN 19, 2006
Deep golden colour with a white head. Malty, fruity sweet aroma with a light hoppy note. Sweet malty flavor with a vague cereal note and some fruit. Dry and light bitter finish.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Gethinbeer (1561) - Musky, Nova Scotia, CANADA - JUN 11, 2006
From bottle. Name on the bottle was Nimbus Blonde from the Atlas brewery. Very light golden colour with a decent head. Strong fresh fruity aroma. Very well balanced flavour, good bitterness with a hint of lemon. Smooth also and sweet. Slight metallic after taste but nothing awful at all. I enjoyed this beer and found it very refreshing.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Emil (6070) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUN 8, 2006
Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Malty, light floral hop aroma and a sweet floral hop, fruity taste. Medium body with a light dry finish.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
joergen (14985) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 28, 2006
Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel and fruits. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel, fruits and ash tray.


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