Dark Star Hophead

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: OCT 7, 2011 Hand pulled at the Head of Steam, Euston. Yellow, with a medium head. Fresh aroma. Very tasty Blond ale, full of hoppy, dry notes. Crispy throughout the pint, gently becoming more rounded. Less juicy than I remember, but still one of the best of the style and a great session ale. (6/12/2004). RE-RATE: To make up for my low original rating, I wish to acknowledge the blisteringly good pint of Hophead I greedily supped on Wednesday. What a way to roll back the years: bright yellow, squelchy citrus freshness, with beautiful hop length. This deserves a 4.1, so that’s what it can have. (original score was 3.7).

On cask at Redbones: Clear orange with no head. Light fruits with some citrus and caramel. Medium bodied, starts and ends slightly bitter.

Cask @ Craft Beer Co., London. Pretty clear yellow color, small vast white head. Smell citrus, hops, bitter and fruits. Taste hops, bitter, lightly fruity. Good full taste for a beer of only 3,8% ABV. Low to medium carbonation, medium body.

Tap @ The Harp. Pours pale golden with a small white head leaving some lacing. Nice fruity, floral, sweet and quite hoppy aroma. Flavor is a bit sweet malty, floral and well hoppy bitter. Finishes longlived bitter and a bit dry.

This brewery has good things, I am not in a bitter club but although its classification, it had a nice bitter taste.

On tap at Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma iof fruity hops, peach and citrus. Taste is light bitter hops, light on the palate, almost watery mouthfeel. Lingering moderate bitter aftertaste.

Cask @ O’Hara’s, Tampere.
Poured a clear yellow clour without a head. Aroma of citrus, hops and some flowers. Flavour of grassy hops, citrus, pale malts and some caramel. Light bodied with a weak but sweet and bitter finish. Quite good, though this cask isn’t at it’s best anymore.

Cask conditioned @ Reading Beer Festival. Floral grapefruit hop attack. A touch of malty sweetness but the hops rule. SImple but oh so nice. Spritzy carnonation spoils the refreshing body.

Cask, Battersea Beer Festival, London 2004: Golden, no head, weak toffee nose - butterscotch like. Also in taste, sweet and hoppy at the same time. ot my favorite.