pumpkinheart (63), Aurora, Illinois, USA
May 6, 2008
Bottle into English pint glass. Pours a honey color with a fluffy khaki head. Lacing is chunky and impressive. Aroma is fruity flowers, taste is sharp, zingy hops, sweet, toasty malts and a clean, lingering hops finish. The mouthfeel is tingly and leaves a light coating on the palate. A nice beer, but not necessarily one I would return to again and again.
Lt_Dan (21), Greater Los Angeles Area, California, USA
Aug 20, 2008 As the great reviewer Randy Jackson said "I’m not feelin it dawg." Had no head, had little aroma, and the taste was of lemon and grains. Not sure if I got an off bottle, but as it stands, I’d pass on the next one.
 Beershine (1207), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Hazy dark orange-burnt sienna with rich creamy beige head and particulates in the glass. Smells like cold rocks after a rainstorm. Orchard fruits--ripe apple and pear. Flowers. Smells very American. Great silky palate, quaffable. Mellow, smooth, nice hop but not a lot of Brit references in the malt or hop. Malts are slightly metallic and apple-like. Hops are well-integrated. Not as English as it professes to be but refreshing and good.
Oakes (6819), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Amber, cloudy, with a loose head. Earthy nose with light citrus. Earthy taste, again with c-hop woodiness. Light, refreshing. Some light toast, caramel. Quite clean, finishing dry. Not bad, definitely not English, but a tasty brew.
esjaygee (721), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Cloudy orange with a thin off-white head, quickly dissipating. Aroma of citrus, bread, sweet malts and floral hops. Taste of floral hops, fruit, caramel, citrus and vegetal notes. Body is grainy and oily.
Ungstrup (11031), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Aug 13, 2008 Draft at the brewpub. A hazy amber beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet matly with notes of caremel as well as light notes of fruit. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and alcohol, leading to a dry bitter finish. NW and NZ hops and 6.5% ABV in an English Style ale - I don’t get it.
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