3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
[cask at SRAF’09, Edinburgh] Clear golden pour with a decent white head. Impressive citrus aroma, plenty of zesty fruit on the nose. Good refreshing grapefruity flavours - it really delivered that pithy summer flavour many brewers fail to get into their beers. Deeside are one of the most under-rated breweries in Scotland (although this opinion is based solely on three of their beers – this, the excellent Talorcan and the decent Broichan) [25062009]
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Old Mill Inn Brodie
Aroma - slight citrus hop.
Appearance - pale golden colour, white head (served through sprinkler).
Flavour - Grapey flavour which dissipates to water. Virtually no finish.
Rather 1-dimensional and boring. Perhaps a gentle introduction to craft ale for Foster’s drinkers.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at 2011 Deeside Beer Festival. It pours clear straw yellow, with a thin foamy white head and low carbonation. The nose is hay, grass, light resin and pine. The taste is grass, hay, pine, lemon and lime zest, yellow grapefruit and white bread. It is light and has a moderately bitter finish with good duration. A drinkable golden ale, if not a particularly overly-exciting one.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Cask and Barrel, 115 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3RZ.
ABV. 4.1%. Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100205]
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: OCT 12, 2010 Cask @ The Castle Tavern, Inverness. Tropical fruit aroma. Slightly cloudy golden colour. Citrus fruit flavour, bitter aftertaste. A classic golden ale.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Scottish Real Ale Festival 2010. Clear golden colour, white bubbles. Aroma is hoppy, with citrus. Flavour is citric hops, soft malty. Subtle bitterness. Good drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Scottish Real Ale festival 2009 ... Pale yellow ... Ligth dry hop nose... thin watter hop ... light lemon ... quite dry and bitter
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