Clarks Classic Blonde

Brewed by Clarks
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Wakefield, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: APR 1, 2005 Aug, 2003: Cask, Crown & Thistle, Gravesend. Sulphur nose through which some citric hops attempt to emerge. Watery texture. The rotten eggs are in the the flavour dominating all other flavours - not that the sulphur is strong, just more apparant than anything else. Very pale lemon colour with an amber hue. As beer settles the body becomes firmer and sweeter. Mostly unpleasant. [1.7]
April, 2005:JDW, Rochester. Floweryt Saaz style hops and a tasty fruitty malt base. Sweet enough to be fun, with a gentle and juicy citric bite. Lovely. [3.4]

Tasted this in The Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in June 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale gold in colour with a thin white head. Lemon zest in the short aroma. Thin but refreshing mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt base gives a citrus flavour of lemon and limes. Dry dusty hops give a short astringency to the aftertaste. Dryness builds up to the tart grapefruit peel finish. An ok summer session blond ale.

Cask. A hazy light golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of eggs and sulphur as well as lighter notes of malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of eggs, malt, straw, and sulphur.

Cask-conditioned at the Nottingham Arms, Tewkesbury 4/2/2011. Golden in colour with a decent white head. Light, citrus hop aroma with a touch of sweet malts. Flavour was much the same with a moderately dry finish. Ok.

Cask. Slightly hazy yellow with a small white head. Sweet fruit aroma. Light body, flat and fruity sweet with a basically absent bitterness. 180110

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, plastic, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090806]

Yellow with a small white head. Aroma of diacetyl, fruit and grass. Dry and herbal flavour with a hint of rubber phenols.

Cask@GBBF 2009. Yellow color, small white head. Light hops in the nose, but also weird smokey notes. Slightly smoked, fruity malty beer. I suppose that I had a clean glass but ... maybe not then. Probably this beer for real is just another blonde with citrus and some sweetness.

Cask@GBBF2009. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some birchsap, mild spruce as well. Flavour is quite earthy and bready. Also mild vegetably notes in flavour.

Cask @ Bon Accord. Golden colour, off-white head. Nose of biscuit malts. Flavour is malty, sour, with something I couldnt determine, straw or vegetables? Sour and bitter finish.

Cask conditioned gravity dispense Victoria Inn Northampton. A blonde coloured beer as expected with a white head. The aroma is sweet yet has juicy lemony notes. The taste is nicely citric with more juicy lemons and then some oranges. Pretty decent.