4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Beautiful hand pulled hoppy ale. Closest thing to British bitter in Singapore on tap. Mmmmm.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy, tan. Even head looks like sparkler. Earthy herbal nose. Juicy, toasty, well-balanced palate. Very authentic - the pint disappears before I’ve had a chance to write anything...always a good sign in a bitter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
I think that these beers are under-rated and under-appreciated. It is not fair to compare them to rip-your-tongue-out American hopping beers. Mostly Scott, the head brewer, believes in English style session beers. So this is low alcohol and easy to drink. Think of an English Best Bitter. Think of the creamy mouth feel of an English cask conditioned bitter. Think of Golding and Kent ... and drinking all night with friends. Add a bonus point or two for all that flavor with less than 5% alcohol.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ brewpub. Rich gold with nice haze and a loose lasting classically cask head. Aroma is nicely bitter with very dark green leaves and grasses. Cask mouthfeel is nice, soft, easy, and slightly oily. Flavors add fruitiness and flowers to the lingering, gentle bitterness. Woody too. Is very English and very nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Conditioned in the brewpub
Hazy golden color. Nice hoppy aroma, a bit fruity and grassy; malt taste, good hopping, aromatic, strong ending bitterness. The best offer of the evening.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draught at the brewery. Poured a dense gold color with a light body and slight hop-over-malt flavor balance. Very clean, very smooth, very nice cask!.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It’s such a novelty for an Australia-based rater to find a hand-pumped cask ale that I probably over-rate any I find. I won’t break the habit here. This Singaporean cask ale brewed by a Canadian using Challenger and Goldings hops is very similar to his Golden Ale but with more bite and a softer body. I liked the Golden Ale and this is better. It was hazy gold with a muted head. The aroma echoed the Golden Ale - lime marmalade and violets, plus some Challenger spice. Nice soft cask-conditioned mouthfeel. Good, fresh rush of hops in the first sip, a nice prelude to the long finish. Lots of citrus and pine - arguably more US in flavour than UK. Good resinous finish. Very good. (Draught at brewpub)
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JUL 13, 2005 Cask at the brewpub. Pale amber. Rich grapefruity hop aroma. Sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. There’s some dry caramel before a lightly ashy finish with medium bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A hazed blonde ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, biscuitty malt with over herbaceous hops, nice, and British. In mouth, a good biscuitty malt wit fruity notes, herbal notes, light but good. On tap at brewpub, July 11, 2011.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aside from the poor colour. It is quite good. The dry hopping adds a lot. Pale-golden colour. Hoppy flavour throughout.
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