2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Soft clean blonde pour with a loose white head. Skunky and oxidized aroma. Light diacetyl and grassy notes. Bready malt. Sharp astringent flavor, peppery and oxidized with a buttery character. Light bodied and dry.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask by handpump at Hengler’s Circus, Glasgow - golden ale, very slight haze, thin white head, citrus, resinous hop aroma, minimal lacing, grapefruit, green hop, heavily hopped, but not overdone, prolonged hoppy aftertaste
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Those ancients Celts sure liked bitter beers. The nose is mostly amazing, flowers with some plastics. The finish is just a little too bitter for me, lasts forever.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle) Cloudy yellowy golden with reasonable white head. Pleasant rather subtle citrusy aroma. Medium bodied with lovely bright carbonation. Great taste with malt and citrus to start developing spice and then a big hoppy bitter finish that stays around. Overall very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A very nice floral bitterness with some sweetness and well rounded. A full creamy mouthfeel. Amber in color with a white head.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a two finger white head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Hazy amber color. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Grapefruit hops nose, flavor is honey and caramel with balancing grapefruit hops. Lingering light bitter aftertaste. $5.99 for a 500ml bottle from Tuscan Market Salem, NH.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, dust, paper and nuts. Flavour is caramel, nuts, flower and light dust.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle bought at Great Food Hall in Pacific Place, Admiralty.
Translucent golden honey colour; One finger head and long lasting crumpety white foam; Good lacing with fizzy carbonation; Fragrant aroma of grapefruit, molasses, citrus, very light malt, floral and quite sharp grass and hay; Mildly astringent, low sweet taste of grapefruit, lemon, malt, sugar, light orange peels, lemon, lime and sharp grass; Mid to light body, pretty slick palate; Taste profile is dominated by mid to light grapefruit, citrus and lime, wrapped around by mildly astringent hops, balanced by some fairly light molasses; Moderately hopped from start to finish like typical German Pils, with bitterness and lasting astringency to finish; Pretty dry after taste, nicely bitter to mouth.
Comments: This is a powered down version of the excellent Celt Silures, with aroma, taste, mouth feel and hoppiness being lowered to a moderate, accessible level to casual beer drinker, yet without compromising too much of Silures’ freshness and colourful characters. A decent 2nd fiddle if you can’t find the Silures at your local stores. Worth my money.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Mild citrus and grape aroma. Golden yellow color, rather still. Flavor is fruit salad though not overly sweet. Light crisp body, good for spring weather. Average traditional golden ale. Imported by Ararat, Raleigh NC.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Very prototypical in style and appearance. Aromas were good to very good. Lends to a pale ale pallate with malt flavors of hay. very little head on this pour. It’s a fair beer
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