2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled at the Hawne Tavern, Halesowen. Dark yellow, mit cream head. Thick, slightly muddy golden. Some wet cardboard and damp dog. Perhaps some burnt hair. Plain and not great.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
6th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Some sweet fruit here. Pineapple, mango and other generic fruits. Finishes crispy with more fruit and with a little hop bitterness. Liked this - just a tad dry.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Courthouse, Dudley. Pours a hazy light gold with a medium head. Aroma was faint, but was citrus hops, honey and orange. Some orange to start and then light citrus and bread. Faint bitterness on the finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[cask at 2009 GBBF, Earl’s Court] Pours quite hazy golden orange colour with a Fuggles-esque hop tang on the aroma. Not that much citrus, quite dry. Fruity taste from the hops with a decent malty component in there as well. Quite nice but to be honest lost in the masses of beers sampled over the GBBF. I would certainly have it again, however [06082009]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’10. Gold with white head. This is a slightly sweet and fruity beer with a gentle rose hip type note before an orange like hop, subtle then bitter. There was a sudden rush on it when it’s charm became known. Another beer damaged at GBBF?
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival Day 2, August 2009. Another workmanlike gold-coloured ale. No particularly striking features. Some slightly sweet notes. Distinctly fruity. Quite pale in colour but drinks more like a bitter than a golden ale.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear light medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, sour apples. overripped apples. Flavor is moderate sweet light light acidic and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090805]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Golden with a loose foam. Fat honey cereals and very little hopping throughout. Sessionable but uninteresting.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at peterborough beer fest 2009. Alround rating: Pale honey malt, fairly floral and lemon off the hop, lacking bitterness in the finish, but still alright.
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