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Brewed by Beartown
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Congleton, England

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unknown

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available

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RATINGS: 36   MEAN: 3.13/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular. Also available bottle conditioned.
Well balanced, straw coloured and very drinkable, with citrus fruit and hops aroma and sharper bitter, clean aftertaste.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
omhper (15956) - Stockholm, - APR 2, 2003
Sampled cask conditioned at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Golden colour. Cottony soft flowery aroma. Sweet, fruity and mild with notes of honey and soft, sparkling mouthfeel. Rounded, lightly salty finish with medium bitterness.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Nilz (47) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - MAY 4, 2012
Slightly hazy gold with minimal head light lacing. A sweet malt bitter finish. A pleasant glass.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Benjii (2328) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - SEP 6, 2011
On cask at Cloisters. A blonde ale with a fair white head. Aroma of caramel, yeast and light grass. Flavours of caramel, barley and yeast. Quite bitter with a very dry finish. Light carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. OK.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
gowdy (404) - Ferney-Voltaire, FRANCE - JUL 6, 2010
a pint in the queen’s arms in south kennsington. a off puttingly cloudy but rather nice all the same.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8636) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - APR 26, 2010
cask at guilford ...hazy amber .. thin white head ...soft lemon hop ... bright fruity citrus hop ... light grapefruit hop ...

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - NOV 28, 2009
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090805]

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
berkshirejohn (3014) - Bracknell, Berkshire, ENGLAND - SEP 14, 2009
Cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge. Straw with a thin white head; dusty hop aroma with some citrus; lemony, grainy flavour; subdued grapefruit bitterness to finish. Rather ordinary.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
oh6gdx (16000) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 12, 2009
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep golden colour, small white head. ARoma is fruits, wood, malts and some earth. Flavour is quite much the same. Rather basic blonde ale.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
TBone (9413) - Pori, FINLAND - AUG 10, 2009
Cask@GBBF 2009. Deep amber color, small white head. Very light nose: some honeyish hops and touch of diacetyl. Crisp. Light citrusy hops. Some honey in the otherwise bitterish aftertaste. Quite weak body overall.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Bullit (3284) - Burgos, SPAIN - JUN 12, 2009
Cask @ Bon Accord. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of biscuit malts, citrus and hops. Flavour is malty, quite sweet, with some fruits. Low carbonated. Sweet finish.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (9895) - Malmö, SWEDEN - MAY 2, 2009
Cask @ Edgar Wallace, Temple WC2. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow color with a small off-white head. Has a malty bready aroma with hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty bready caramel flavor with some bitter hoppy hints. Has a sweetish malty bitter finish.


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