3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Smells like a golden ale. Pours like a golden ale. Tastes like a golden ale. Must be a ... let me check ... yup it’s a golden ale. A very good example of a style that I’m becoming rapidly disenamoured of. Get yourself one if you’re a fan of, well, golden ales.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Home. Pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of maltlight fruity hops, peach, grapefruit. Flavor is malt, sweet fruit hops, peach, pineapple, grapefriut. Medium body, lively carbonation. 200513
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma of grainy malts, honey and some weak herbal notes.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by karstenborg. Pours hazy golden with a medium white head. The aroma is spicy yeasty and fresh fruity hoppy. The flavor is citrus, yeast, spices and fruit. Refreshing and quaffable.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. 4.6%. Best before 30.07.13. Pours a cloudy yellow with a diminishing white head. Mild citrus hop aroma with a grassy touch. Fruity note as it warms. Flavour is fruity and hoppy with a soapy note. As it warms, the soapy note diminishesand gives way for a floral. Fruity, mildly bitter finish with a slight liquorice overtone. Lingering dry and grassy notes. Overall so-so. Not bad, but a bit boring, plus soapy notes are never that interesting. 08.05.13.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled (from AbM). Hazy yellowish golden colour with a mediumsized white fluffy head. Aroma is grains, honey, some nectar and mild sweet malts and grass. Flavour is grains, mild hay and honey along with some earthy and mild herbal notes.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Golden, unfiltered. Nose is delicately hoppy - not overrun by new world flavours, but rather clean green, like a fresh brewed pils. Pale malts and caramel also present. Body is medium for the ABV, well bittered. Some doughy wheat, yeasty notes. Overall an ok, quite tasty, hoppy golden ale.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, pours a cloudy amber. Very earthy, aromatic flavours with a crisp dry finish. Decent body, refreshing ale.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330 ml bottle.
Pours a slightly hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma of grainy malts, honey and some weak herbal notes. Flavour of grainy malts, floral hops, strong pungent citrus and hay. Light bodied, slick mouthfeel and high carbonation. Finishes dry, bitter and citrusy. A clean easy-going golden ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33cl bottle from The Bottle Shop, Canterbury. Hazy orange gold with a disappearing white head. Some hop on the aroma. Some orange fruit in the mouth. Some hop on finish. It’s a very decent pale ale. Quite light in hop and flavour but still tasty enough. Does the job.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Golden-orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, malt, floral. Flavour is hop, malt, berries, floral, hay. Medium body. Ordinary beer.
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