4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle that’s been in the fridge for over a year. Very lively when opened, had to pour in two goes. Clear, light gold with big and persistent head. Floral aroma. More flowers in the taste, with honey coming at the end, leaving a fairly well lasting light bitterness. Very tasty and refreshing.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Priory Arms, Stockwell London on 4th August 2010. Clear gold with white thin foamhead and no lacing. Rather sweet aroma; bitter hoppiness rounded by a honey-sweetness. Grapefruit hop and touch of peach. Dry finish with zingy mouthfeel. Well-crafted beer, pleasant drinking.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at Reading BF 2012. very pale gold. Lasting white head. Hoppy slightly sweet. I liked it. Really hoppy easy drinking pale ale. Its good slight honey sweetness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Stillage from the Festival Bar at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool 15/02/2008
Very hoppy aroma. Clear golden coloured hoppy floral and slightly sweet on the palate. Some dryness in a crisp malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gusher- wow, didn’t see that one coming. I’ve never had an English beer so badly behaved- bonus point. One of those bottles that pours itself and just keeps on pouring like a locomotive chimney puffing out steam. What you end up with is a billowing glass of foam....with some gold at the bottom. Decent JHB-like Fairy liquid aroma emerging. Flavour of coins (the foam), galangal and Jacob’s cream crackers. There’s actually a really clean, citrussy pale ale at the bottom of it, conditioned like a volcano. Would re-drink...carefully.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50cl bottle from the Home Brew Shop, Aldershot. Unfortunately I didn’t read Druncan’s review before opening this, because it behaved exactly as he described. Still I managed to get most of it into a pint glass in the end.
The end result is pale straw in colour with a billowing brilliant white head; there’s a light musky, grainy aroma; it’s rather thinly bodied with a mix of citrus, honey and herbal flavours; and a clean, crisp, grassy finish. Rather good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Waterloo Arms, Southampton) - Golden in colour. Malty aroma with honey and citrus. Malty and slightly sweet taste with honey, grain, hops and malt.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Clear gold with a small head. Aromas are biscuit, hay and citrus with grassy hops. Flavours are light biscuit malts with peppery, grassy hops. Dry with citrus on the finish. Some hints of lockets lozenges on the finish. Clean and refreshing.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Realale.com. Golden straw colour, white head. Floral, slightly acidic, cereals aroma. Good breadiness blending with grassy hop flavours, still some acidic fruit. Quite alright, actually.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Angleterre, Helsinki)
Very pale, small head. Dry savoury hop aroma, a bit dusty and bitter. Despite the looks, this has a pretty full palate - loads of light malts, and pleasant noble UK hops. Finish is fairly bitter, and quite long. Very good for a blond, but still a blond - doesn’t really go with the wintry weather and snow outside. (6-2-7-3-13=3.1)
Rerate: (7-2-7-3-13=3.2)
Cask (Kitty’s, Helsinki)
Honey and black tea aroma. Black tea and hoppy taste too. Pleasant but a touch milky. Hoppy finish.
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