Crouch Vale Apollo

Brewed by Crouch Vale
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
South Woodham Ferrers, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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(Bottle) Crystal clear, light gold. Pours thick, white head, diminishing, but lasting. Mid-light carbonation. Aroma - Intense, spicy, american hops; grapefruit and a fairly strong tropical aroma; lychees! (yum!), and a sweet, bready/biscuity malt: Nice, balanced, sweet and fruity aroma, fairly strong. A pretty creamy body for this strength, quite oily too, bit of light carb on the tongue and lips. Good tropical and spicy hop flavours, sweet malt, with a slightly dry, refreshing finish. Nice balance, though just a tad sweet (but pleasant). Very drinkable, without compromising on flavour - Crouch Vale seem to be pretty good at this with their golden ales and bitters.

Cask @ the Wharf, Aalborg. Clear light amber with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and rather hoppy - peach and grapefruit. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Fantastic for such a low ABV. 110212

Bottle at home. Actually got this Christmas Eve as a present but have only just got around to opening it. It pours a wonderful light amber with golden edges and a billowing cloud of an off-white head caused by the big clump of least from the bottle conditioning. This stays like a fluffy crouton down the whole glass creating some wonderful lacing. I let the yeast slip into the glass by accident and it went straight to the bottom without spoiling the clarity of the beer. There’s a rush of grapefruit, grapefruit peel and lime in the aroma but also the faintest whisper of yeast. A gorgeous but subtle wave of light grapefruit and lime then washes across the tongue tingling the tastebuds everso slightly. This leaves a dry sweetness without much bitterness and disappears gradually and sofly. A light and refreshing Golden Ale.

From cask at Christian Firtal. Hazy amber with a lasting white head. Grassy/herbal hop aroma with tangerine fruity overtones. Sweetish fruity flavour with grassy and wooden hops, and a pretty aggressive bitterness. A to9uch of breadcrust maltiness in the finish

Cask @ C4, Odense. Pours clear Golden with a small creamy bubbly head. Floral hoppy nose. Grapefruit , Peach and bready malts. Dry , crisp and bitter hop flavor. Smooth. C - vale quality S’s always!

From cask at Charlies. Pours loudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is citrusy to peachy fruity. Bitter, crisp hoppy of citrusy and peachy fruity flavours. Bitter, fruity and rather dry yet with a sweet citrusy impression. Smooth fruity finish.

A - melon and citrus A - gold with clinging head T - light sweet, full bitter P - mid and dry O - ehh...

Cask @ Charlies, Cph.
Pours almost clear golden, tiny creamy white head on top. Aroma is mild soapy (but in a good way), oranges, peach, lychee. Prickly, low carbonation, dry and rather creamy mouthfeel. Flavour starts with a twang of spicy hops, transcends to white pepper, peach bitterness. Elegant, crisp, sweet malty balance. Long, delicious, lingering bitter finish. Super elegance. With a hop that I really don’t care that much for.

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of hops, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, spicy hops, malt, and chewy caramel, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

cask at charlies, clear golden, small beige head. Faint hoppy aroma.mild. Flavor is quite hoppy, slightly flowery, sawdusty note. Slight fruity note. Also a asweet malty note