Clarks First Whistle

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, SE1, London. Clear light amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, bread, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. (Malt bitter). Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.

Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London. An amber beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aorma is sweet malty, while the flavor is more complex with notes of malt, caramel and fruit getting stronger towards the finish, which is dry and slightly bitter.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 1     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : XX   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 2   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : 2   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 1   Grainy : 2
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : 1   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 1   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : 2   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 1   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Under average. Unconvincing hops and very mild malts.

Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2007. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Malty and slightly hoppy flavor. Hasa fruity and malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

(Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London, 5 Aug 2007) Copper colour with brief, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dark fruit, slightly toasty malt, green peas (?) and earthy hops. Malty, nutty taste with dark fruit, solid malt foundation and soft notes of dusty hops in the finish. Hardly exciting, but balanced and tasty.

A Mes rate: Cask handpull at The Junction Tavern. Hazy pale blonde. Hoppy, eggy and sulphuric nose. Citric grapefruit hoppy stuff with some light malt for balance. Slight bitterness in the finish.

Cask@Market Porter, Borough. Copper colour, small head. Aroma is fruity, slightly vegetably and some wood. Flavour is grassy, fruity, slightly roasted and hayish. Very mouthdrying.

Cask, Market Porter. Clear copper, thin white head. Slightly sulphuric malt and some fresh hop. Very thin maltiness, some bitterness. Slightly dry and bitter finish.

Cask@MarketPorter. Caramel malts aroma with herbal hops. Light amber color, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, caramel, malts, soft hops. Medium body.