3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml Bottle:BBD 19 Apr 2013. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard 7 days before it’s BBD.
Slight haze to my golden beer with a large foamy, white head: carbonisation bubbles rising throughout the tasting.
Pleasant blend of flavours, hops first with the biscuity malts taking over mid-way through the sip, which in turn gave way to a semi-bitter dry hop finish.
Most likely the best Diamond Jubilee beer I’ve had so far (one more in my stash).
2.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Slightly clouded golden ale with a pale tint. Small head and light malty character with a medium bitterness and fuller body.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Tesco, Wallsend. A dark golden ale with caramel and citrus fruity flavours followed by a dry, woody finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is quite fruity with some light floral hop. It’s really smooth and easy to drink. Has a great balance of flavour. Lightly fruity malt and a fresh hoppy finish with just a light bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle for £1 from Tesco. Sweet weetabix malts, boiled sweet fruitiness and a moderately bitter finish. This showed most of the characteristics of a badly bottled English bitter. Sink pour, looks like I got a bad one.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Still being sold off at a pound a bottle at Tesco’s, Andover. Amber with a billowing cream head; grassy hop aroma with a touch of lemon; soft, malty body; with some clean hops to finish. According to the label these are fresh aromatic hops from around the Commonwealth - but they seem to be maily Fuggles and Goldings to me.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle form Tesco. Lager gold without the fizz under a slim white head. Aroma of beeswax, sappy green hop, biscuits and dough. Wet dough, nutmeg-sprinkled taste with pleasant lemony hop and honey notes. Wet dough, soggy under-baked bread and vanilla linger. Touch of egg. Successfully captures the soft malty-hoppy nuances of a cask bitter in the bottle. Completely likeable and well worth a punt at a quid a bottle.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) at the Canalhouse, Nottingham on 13 July 2012. Mid gold colour. Light floral notes in the aroma. Soft and fruity. Some sweetness but with a tart edge on the finish. Enjoyable drinking - easygoing and easy drinking. Decent session beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Golden with a small head.Pleasant aroma upon opening. Sweet with a medium body and a pleasant lingering aftertaste. Well bottled and rather pleasing.
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