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5285
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Brewed by Big Lamp
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

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RATINGS: 21   MEAN: 3.17/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.08   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular
A well balanced fruity, light coloured beer. First brewed for the 1987 Durham Beer Festival.


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Joeh (2036) - - APR 8, 2006
Cask at the London Drinker Festival. Refreshing and simple golden ale with citrus hops and a touch of sweetness.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
anders37 (9895) - Malmö, SWEDEN - NOV 21, 2011
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy flavor. has a fruity malty hoppy finish.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Christian (8548) - Odense, DENMARK - NOV 12, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2011. Pale golden with a small white head. Fruity aroma with a bit of apple peel. Sweetish and fruity flavour, rather bland.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
olio (1524) - Tampere, FINLAND - NOV 5, 2011
Cask @ Bodega, Newcastle.
Pours clear golden colour with small head. Aroma of fruits, grass and some apple. Flavour of fruits, apple and light malts.
3213

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BeerCast_Rich (1192) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - SEP 23, 2011
[cask at the Guldford Arms, Edinburgh] Decent looking golden ale – pours very slightly hazy with a half-inch head from the sparkler. Slightly grassy aroma, some faint malt on the nose. Perfectly acceptable blonde ale – touch of dry bitterness, some straw in there [02092011]

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 6, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, green grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, soapy, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110804]

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Dedollewaitor (10290) - Odense, DENMARK - AUG 24, 2011
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours cloudy golden with a off white head. Hay, citrus and bread. Ends dry and bitter. Medium bodied.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
oh6gdx (16000) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 11, 2011
Cask@GBBF2011. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, mild honey as well as some slight sweet malty notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, bready and mildly honeyish and grassy notes.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
yespr (22161) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - AUG 9, 2011
From cask. Pours cloudy pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild butterish and light hops fruity. Bitter, fruity, light butterish and crisp hoppy. Ends dry and slight bitter. Simple.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
niquillis (421) - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ENGLAND - APR 25, 2011
On cask at Keelman, Newburn (brewery tap). Excellent flavoursome fruity light beer. Perfect for a warm sunny day in the North East of England (not often you can say that)

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bullit (3284) - Burgos, SPAIN - JAN 26, 2010
Cask @ 3 Judges. Yellow colour, white head. Aroma of biscuit malts. Flavour of biscuit malts, fairly dry, some hops. Fairly dry finish. Good drinkable.


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