3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, light hoppy, citrus, butter notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask @ Three Tuns Dronfield - Gold with white head. Nice fruity, sharp golden ale, fresh with a hint of grapefruit, nice long finish, a nice well rounded body. Excellent stuff.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned handpump Wig & Pen Northampton. A golden coloured beer with a tight white head and lacing. Sharp grassy hops. A little late citrus. Reasonable malt backbone. Not bad but a little simple.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, herbal and quite nice. Flavour is the same in a nice balance, with also some nectary and honeylike notes. Caramel and floral notes in the aftertaste.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
14th March 2012
Crosse Keys Spoons. Light haze on this gold beer. Residual white head. Light semi dry palate. Nice marmalade hops - grapefruit and orange. The beer is ruined by sulphur notes. Semi dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, white foam head. Half-baked dough aroma, some big wet straw. Light sweet flavor, kind of flat, some white sugar, lemon, dry straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweet finish, some pale malt, straw bitters, light sugar. A basic golden ale. Some lasting bitter hay. Not too bad.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, The York, Sheffield, UK. Medium gold, spiced bready and citrus aroma. Full body, bittersweet with fruit and more spice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tried on cask. Lovely gold colour, subdued aroma but got dry zesty palate that’s good and refreshing
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hand pulled at the Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. A pale, rather boring golden bitter. Smooth, balanced, but not very hoppy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull at Mr Grundys Derby. Clear gold lasting white head. Thats quite good. Good hops. Rather a good hoppy golden ale.
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