Derventio Cupid

Brewed by Derventio
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Derby, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask (handpump) at the Three Guineas, Reading, 30 April 2009. Gold colour. Not much head. Rather dodgy sweaty, clammy malt aroma. Better on the palate but a bit dull. Honey noticeable but not particularly prominent.

[cask at the Stockbridge Tap, Edinburgh] Hazy golden pour with a thick white head. Biscuity on the nose, along with a slightly herbal sweetness. Body isn’t great, quite thin, the honey sweetness presents as a faint sweet linger. Other than that, quite hard to pick out, and I didn’t fancy another go [15022009]

Cask handpull at Three Guneas, Reading. Copper/gold. Some biscuit malt, some sweaty sox hop. Not great.

Bottled. Thanks yespr for sharing. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of honey as well as subdued notes of malt and flowers. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of honey and dusty hops.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a dense, white head leaving laces. Lightly sweet and fruity aroma. Light body, heavy carbonation, lightly fruity. Dry, sulphurous finish. 050109

50 cL clear bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Mild tobacco hoppy aroma, light herbal too. Subdued malty and dry hoppy flavoured. Subdued fruity note and somewhat yeaty in flavour before the finish.

Bottle at home ... Golden orange ... honey nose ... sweet fruity hops with a light honey ... quite drying ...

Clear bottle. Golden appearance with no carbonation and slightly hoppy. Some sweetness but no as much as you would expect from a beer that has honey in it. Well bottled and different