Castle Rock Harvest Pale (Cask)

Brewed by Castle Rock
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Nottingham, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Straw colour with no head. Slightly hoppy scent. Very bitter. Some malt on the end. Mainly grapefruit hops. Simple but good.

On cask at the Rook and Gaskill. Pours a light golden colour with a fair white head. Aroma of lemon, grassy hops and caramel. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Lingering lemon. Not bad.

2/IV/2012 - on cask @ Edgar Wallace (London) - BB: n/a (2012-313)

Clear yellow to blond beer, small creamy white head, pretty stable, adhesive leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: some exotic fruits, pineapple and passion fruits, bit yeasty, hay. MF: no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: little fruity in the start, peaches, citrus, bit grassy, hoppy bitterness. Aftertaste: yeasty, barnyard notes, somewhat fruity, dry bitter ending. Not bad, the American hops are giving it some character.

Refreshing pint, good aromas and flavours for a light beer and still has a good level of body.

Appearance: Dispensed a light yellow body, essentially clear, with a white, sudsy head.

Smell: Sweet-scented golden barley, faintly floral, and a very low fruitiness giving a hint of a thin white wine.

Taste: Gently malted barley, only ever lightly sweet. Mild hint of fruit. Calm, restrained hop character giving light tastes of citrus, florals, and moist lawn. Subtly bitter. The herbal quality ramps up approaching and beyond the dry finish.

Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Lightly carbonated.

Overall: There’s a lightness in all its qualities, though it’s easily drinkable providing for decent refreshment.

Cask at TND: Aroma of hops, cereal, Earth, and grains. Poured pale yellow in color with a small, loose, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Not sparkling. Full of tiny particles throughout. Flavor is slightly bitter. Tastes of malt, cereal, grains, and Earth. Light to medium body. Dry texture. Cask carbonation. Malt, grain, cereal finish is dry. Boring, with little flavor.

From cask @Edgar Wallace, London. A low lacing beige head, over a clear pale gold colored body. Nice hop nose; Citrus fruits, peach and apricot, supported by a whiff of creamed caramel. Taste is hop driven. Gentle bitterness, and some fine fruity flavoring hops reminiscent of ripe citrus, peaches, apricot and summerflowers. A certain caramelly malt-sweetness in the backbone. Properly light-bodied, yet complex and quite filling. Nice fruity hops linger in the finish. A tasty and easy drinkable all-nighter.

Cask at the silk mill Derby. Fairly standard blonde ale, think of generic adjectives and apply them here.

Cask. Pale golden body with a light white head. The nose is invitingly sweet and floral, fresh grassy hops, watery citrus. The taste is nice, light syrupy sweetness, tempered hops with a light dry finish. The body’s light and refreshing. A legitimately great blonde ale.

My favourite golden style of ale. Well worth trying if you havent already. Crisp and refreshing on the palatte.

Cask @ The Rook & Gaskill York. A clear yellow, golden colored beer, with a small white head. The aroma of some fruits with citrus, bitter hop notes. The taste is some sweet, but flat. It’s fresh with bitter. The aftertaste is some sweet and bitter.