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Brewed by Coastal
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Redruth, England

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RATINGS: 6   MEAN: 3.28/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.01   EST. CALORIES: 174   ABV: 5.8%
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Cask; Status uncertain.
Coastal Brewery took silver in the category for strong ales (over 5.6%) in the Society of Independent Brewers' (SIBA) South West Festival, held at Tucker's Maltings, Newton Abbot, from April 24 to 26 2008. Golden Sands is, as its names suggests, a strong golden ale — a style close to head brewer Alan Hinde's heart. Full flavoured and full bodied, it has a refreshing citrus hop finish.


3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (4387) - Bristol, - AUG 12, 2008
Cask-conditioned at the Wellington, Birmingham 12/08/08. Amber coloured with a slight white head. Sweet toffee and red fruit aroma. Flavour had plenty of sweet malt to start before some honeyed undertones and a big citrus hop finish. Good stuff.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
tommann (1446) - Dudley, West Midlands, ENGLAND - NOV 4, 2011
Cask at the Court House, Dudley. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a small head. Aroma is banana and sharp citrus puree. Taste has sweet pine and citrus hop start. Nutty yeast, hefe-like finish. Citrus hop on the aftertaste.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
merseybrew (61) - Merseyside, ENGLAND - JUL 19, 2011
cask @ stamps too waterloo liverpool .not a bad pint certainly not a patch on southport golden sands though but enjoyable none the less quite bitter blond ale

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
cgarvieuk (8643) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - AUG 12, 2009
Tap at bow bar ... amber ... sweet resiny hop nose ... big hop front ... little pine ... big grapefruit ... little sweet upfront ... drying linger.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DJMonarch (9152) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - JUN 28, 2009
Cask Stillage at the Civic Hall, Nantwich Beer Festival 28/09/2007 Some carbonation. Slight hop aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured strong in alcohol and hoppy with a crisp and bitter malt finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
DruncanVeasey (5146) - NUNEATON, Blue Square Prem, Warwickshire, ENGLAND - SEP 28, 2008
Cask handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton. Deep red amber, slight haze, wispy collar of bathfoam fluff. Heady peach, tropical hop (pineapple), cask wood aroma. Woody, bitter, slightly spiritous. Nice citrussy tropical fruit mellowness rounding out as it warms. You’ve got to have had 3 or 4 pints of something else already before you can really appreciate a beer like this. And I had done, and I did.


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