DarkTribe Albacore

Brewed by DarkTribe
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Scunthorpe, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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A Mes rate: Cask handpull at GBBF. Dull blonde looks. Wheat and straw aroma with a lick of malt underneath. Sweet malty flavour. Watery mouthfeel. Mind numbingly dull.

Interesting, specially in the name, Alba is Scotland and the darktribe sounds like from a movie, good beer though.

yellow with a small white head. citrus and pineapple aroma. Sweet and fruity and a very easy drinker. Nice body.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 3   Apple : 3   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 2   Biscuity : 2   Hay : 3   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 2
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 2   Leafy : 2   Spicy : XX   Floral : 3   Lemon/Lime : 2   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 1   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Bready, apple-like, pale malted ale with a tart hop bite. Poor.

Cask@GBBF2007. Yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruits, diacetyllike toffeeishness, wood and some butter. Flavour is sweet fruits along with some bitterness.

Cask conditioned - handpump - GBBF2007. A yellow gold coloured beer. The aroma is hoppy but there are buttery sweet notes. The taste is sweet and biscuity. A little odd and uninspiring.