3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of apple peel, grassy hops and a touch of citrus. Sweet and grassy flavour
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Vat and fiddle, Nottingham. A lovely pint, good abc and nice and tasty. A juiced up harvest pale with taste and bite. Perfect as a pre match pint when time is limited.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Off tap at the maze nottingham. Light amber with a lasting head. Pleasant hop aroma but much more in the taste. Very nice cask ipa.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask (handpump) at Great British Beer Festival, day 3 on 6 August 2009. At last! At a festival with a seemingly endless procession of rather uninspiring golden ales, here one with some pizzazz. Chutzpah even. Bright & clear with a modest head and lively condition. Fresh, fruity aroma. Clean flowery hops. Good firm mouthfeel with a sharp, hoppy bite. Enough body and punch to give it some gravitas without compromising the excellent drinkability.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Live&Let Live, Cambridge)
6 Not much aroma beyond the slight citrus lemon cleaning fluid.
3 Pale orange, small head.
6 Simple hoppy bitter, citrussy and fresh.
4 Soft palate, carbonation low. Zesty finish, very lemony.
13 Fresh tasty sessionalbe golden bitter. My notes said 3.8%, but I clearly got that very wrong. Make no mistake - this felt very sessionable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Clear gold beer, residual white head. Light semi dry palate, mildly fruity. Should have taken more notes but this beer proved it’s drinkability because I sunk it whilst jawing!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask in bacchus newcastle ... amber ... thin white lacing ... light sweet lemon hop nose .. little syrup lemon hop ... something i dont like ... no balance
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 12, 2011 Cask. The Canalhouse, Nottingham. Thin white head, clear amber body. Citrus, hops, grapefruit. Sweet, with bitter notes. Dry finish. To me this tasted rather like a stronger, sweeter version of Harvest Pale. 6 3 6 2 13 Rerate The Font, Leicester. Medium white head, gold body. Aromatic hoppy yeast, tangerine. Tangy bitterness with a dry finish. 6 3 6 3 12
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask: Pale golden to golden, creamy and lacy white head; moderate to solid fruity (lemons) and bitter-hoppy nose with a light "woody" touch; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, almost medium bodied; slightly lingering fruity (lemons) and pale-malty finish with a light hoppy aftertaste. Not great, but of solid quality......
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask/handpump at the Questors (Ealing) mini beer festival. Dark gold with a clingy small white head. The nose is sweetish, with notes of melon and ginger. Then the fruity full body has a good alcohol bite with hints of pumpkin, and it finishes with a good peppery dry-bitter aftertaste. Tasty and smooth.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Rook and Gaskill, York. Clear golden colour with a decent white head. Nose had some grassy hop, citrus and sweet malt. Clean and crisp fruity taste that was well hopped . Smooth and very drinkable. Pretty good.
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