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

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RATINGS: 196   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.55   EST. CALORIES: 120   ABV: 4%
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Cask: Regular; Bottle: Filtered
Champion Best Bitter at the Great British Beer Festival 2003, this is a pale, refreshing and hoppy beer with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits. Now multi-award winning!
Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the Great British Beer Festival 2005 and 2006.


most recent ratings

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Hildigöltur (5106) - København, DENMARK - JUN 30, 2004
[Cask conditioned] Golden coloured. Nicely hopped and fruity aroma. Quite hoppy and bitter flavour with a lasting dry finish. Tasty.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
duff (5484) - Lund, SWEDEN - JUN 28, 2004
Cask@The Wenlock Arms. Quality ale. Floral hops, some tropical fruit in the aroma. The thing i like about this beer, is that its fruity and floral, yet it is quite dry, finishes salty dry and bitter, i could drink a lot of these. Wanted more after every sip.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
BrainDead (30) - Derby, ENGLAND - MAY 13, 2004
From the cask. Fruity flavours both sweet and sharp. Very clean and refreshing.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
Garrat (1249) - Suffolk, ENGLAND - APR 24, 2004
UPDATED: JAN 28, 2005 Cask at the East Anglian Beer Festival.Wow an amazing,exotic,fruit filled explosion of an ale,once I had tried this I could have stuck with it for the entire festival.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Mungo (2472) - Southampton, Hampshire, ENGLAND - APR 13, 2004
Cask conditioned (served by gravity) @ Hants. Bowman, Dundridge. Flowery, citrus hop aroma. Some malt presence but doesnt interfere with the thick resinous luscious hops. Very refreshing and moreish

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
maeib (7557) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - FEB 20, 2004
UPDATED: MAY 26, 2011 Cask conditioned, no sparkler. Nice floral hoppy aroma. Attractive golden colour with a soapy head and excellent lacing. The taste is excellent hoppy and floral with grapefruit notes. Extremely drinkable and smooth. A lovely session bitter. Score 4
Subsequent ratings scored 3.7 and 3.5. Average becomes 3.7

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
chriso (7254) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 13, 2004
This is more like it. Crisp, clean and fresh with a spicy and flowery (without being too perfumed) aroma. Grapefruit and citrus flavours and a hoppy finish. An inpressive beer from an impressive brewery. Cask, Battersea Beer Festival.

3.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
SilkTork (4898) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - NOV 13, 2003
UPDATED: MAY 20, 2012
Nov, 2003 Cask fresh @ The Wenlock. I thought I’d rated this and didn’t pay it that close attention. It was a lovely drop: tasty fragrant grapefruit rush with a gentle sweetness. Probably the best beer of the night. [3.8]
May, 2012 Gravity cask at the English Festival, Riverside Park. Fresh, juicy and hoppy. A spanking good beer. [3.7]

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
MrRomero (1966) - Nolanville, Texas, USA - NOV 13, 2003
Cask: Wenlock Arms, London. Poured yellow with a thin head. Had a citrusy aroma with hops. It has a hoppy flavor but I noticed a slight soapiness to it. Not bad.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
pivo (2540) - GERMANY - SEP 6, 2003
GBBF 2003, tap: Very nice and deserving of that silver medal. Crisp fresh hop nose, pale gold color, very sticky and lacy head. Citrusy flavors from a good mix of sweet malt and a bitter tangy hopiness. Great balance, medium body. Excellent.


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