3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, The Crown, Nuneaton. Ripe hop citrus rounded with oaty biscuit. Deep gold with faint haze. Sulphur and citrus aroma with a rub of musty hopleaf. Billowing and lovely. Approaching something very good indeed.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark golden beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and grassy hops, as well as light notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel as well as light notes of alcohol, leading to a slightly bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear golden pour wearing an initial white head that rapidly diminishes. Brightly, strongly hopped ale trying to live up to its name. Very dry, floral, orangey and even grapefruity aromas. The light grassiness feels more English already, so does the growing sunflower seed and sesame, cerealic sweet maltiness that we find in mouth. Mostly an aromatic hop bill. Well-balanced and with a grip. Light-bodied, fitting carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF. Dark golden few head. Hoppy and citric aroma with notes of pine-needles. Flavour of green hops, citric fruit and subtle pale malts. Long bitter finish of grapefruit and resin.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug 2007) Golden yellow colour with copper hints, brief white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of grapefruit, orange and pine needles. Fruity taste with grapefruit, pine needles, orange peel and a resiny, slightly sweetish finish. Nice, hoppy golden ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium orange color with a small, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, pine, grapefruit, light malty, roasted. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Yellow with a small white head. Grass and fruit in the nose. Pungent bitter flavour and quite dry.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is hops, earth and some hints of fruits. Flavour is nice, a lot of caramel, nectar wood and fruity hops. Slight acidicness as well.
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