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

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RATINGS: 46   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.29   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 126   ABV: 4.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Seasonal - September to November. Originally a monthly special in July 2008.
A delicate and lightly hopped beer brewed with the restrained bitterness of Czech Saaz hops balanced by the summmery taste and aroma of freshly picked downland elderflowers.


3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
ladnewton (910) - London, - SEP 1, 2010
Cask at the Evening Star, Brighton, UK on 30th August 2010. Slightly hazy gold with thin white part-lacing head. Elderflower on the nose. Fruity, and grassy hop in main flavour and a hoppy bitter finish. Lovely.

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Benzai (2711) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - OCT 20, 2011
Cask @ Craft Beer Co., London. Clear yellow color, small white head. Smell very fresh, hoppy and bitter. Taste bitter, lightly hops, fruity and fresh. Little bit watery texture. Low to medium carbo and body.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Miksu (4012) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - OCT 16, 2011
Cask at Craft Beer Co, London. Slightly hazy golden color. Very flowery aroma. Flowery and juicy elderberry taste is upfront, standard golden ale comes later. Works, but not my favourites.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
EdKing (937) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - OCT 14, 2011
Cask in Craft Beer Co. Clear golden colour, bubbly head, nice lacing on glass. Nose is floral sweet, citrous and hay. Taste is lovely elderflower floral notes with some citrous and bitter notes. Fairly dry on the finish. Really refreshing mouth feel.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
anders37 (9908) - Malmö, SWEDEN - SEP 27, 2011
Cask @ Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico SW1. Pours a slightly hazy pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty elderflower aroma. Fruity malty elderflower flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter elderflower finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fonefan (24928) - VestJylland, DENMARK - SEP 10, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear light medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, pale nuts - earthy, flowers. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity, earthy, medicine, elderflowers. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110804]

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
cgarvieuk (8643) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - SEP 9, 2011
cask at cloisters ..golden yellow amber ... thin creamy white head ... soft sweet floral hop nose ..sweet floral fruits ... light hop ... crisp clean ... ok but not for me

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
CraftBeerNick (174) - London Town, Greater London, ENGLAND - SEP 6, 2011
Cask at Market Porter. Nice summer ale, you can taste the elderflower. Not my favourite for session ale

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 8/20
Aniela (734) - Skövde, SWEDEN - SEP 4, 2011
Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, London august 2011. Pale, clear wuth a small head. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Floral, hoppy taste with citrus.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
JoeMcPhee (6965) - Toronto, ON, Ontario, CANADA - SEP 2, 2011
Cask at Dean Swift. Pale golden pour. The nose is a little bit spicy with some unusual rye character and a touch of clove. A little bit of odd DMS vegetal character especially as it warms. Meh - it’s okay but not awesome - I suspect something wonky about this cask.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
leaparsons (6324) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - AUG 26, 2011
Cask, The Pub, Leicester. Hazy gold with a white foam. Aromas are melon, lychee and lemon with dusty caramel and hay malts. Apricot jam with icing sugar and floral notes. Flavours are sweet citrus with yeast and caramel with elderflower. Quite lager-like in character with a dry finish. Simple, decent.


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