3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton, 13/08/11. Straw with a fine white collar. Light egg and lime aroma, some pine leaking out. Really good piney hop and soft biscuit on the palate. Some orange rind and plastic. Held its own respectably well against the Oakham and Dr Morton’s.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium golden yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, pale malt, light citrus, light yeasty, coriander notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, kridt - limestone / chalk, spicy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to fizzy. [20120120]
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very pleasing appearance, perfect carbonation, taste is mainly dry and hoppy
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Bon Accord. Dark golden colour, off-white head. Nose of cooked vegetables, some fruits. Flavour of cooked vegetables, bit of caramel and fruits. Not too well.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Live & Let Live, Cambridge)
6 Swee citrussy aroma, lots of lemon.
3 Pale yellow, tiny persistent head.
7 Tasty sweet fruity citrus retronasals. Citrussy piney, limey, and lemony.
4 Soft palate, pleasant carbonation. Lovely lemony finish.
14 Anna spotted butter, but I didn’t. Very yummy session bitter, a great example of a golden ale.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Labelled as Northern Brewing rather than Blakemere. Bronze and clear with no head. A bit too thin for my taste.Some spiceness and pleasant bitterness. Nothing to write home about.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Stillage at the ABC Festival, Altrincham Market 31/08/2009
Some hop aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and slightly fruity with slight peppery and earthy notes. A hint of bitterness in the finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Gold with a small white head. Soapy hop aroma with a sort of wheaty background. Citrus and grain in the taste. Some bitterness. Not really your average golden. Not bad.
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