3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at Priory Arms, Stockwell, London, 7 Aug 2010) Pale golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity, slightly malty nose with citrus and honey. Fruity, floral taste with notes of citrus and honey. Light body, fairly sweet with low bitterness. Definitely drinkable but hardly exciting.
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 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.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
chiara buona schiuma buona persistenza naso maltato un tocco erbaceo morbida delicato miele
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - Honey and lemon with a touch of pine
A - Light gold with thin lasting head
T - Light sweet and sour with dry bitter
P - Medium and soft
O - Not a bad golden
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask at Cloisters. Pours a light blonde colour with a fair white head. Aroma of barley, honey and yeast. Similar flavours. Lingering honey, quite sweet with some chewy caramel. Mild carbonation. OK.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Pours very pale yellow colour. Good lacing. Earthy slightly skunked aroma Flavour is metalical and slightly tanic. No honey flavour. Over carbonated.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Harp off Trafalgar Sq. Pours hazy gold with a bubbly white head. Light citrus aroma. Light pale malt flavor with some mild bitterness. Honey? Don’t get that.Finishes nicely bitter.
2.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pint from cask. Pours a lively golden yellow with a fair head and an unfortunate but not overpowering smell of rotten eggs. Quite effervescent. A touch of honey on the taste, but bitter and not sweet. There are some difficult to place, ever-evolving notes. Perhaps bacon, a touch of flora (not the brand!) and a handful of raisins - stewed in Perrier water. A definite honey aftertaste though. Interesting, not outstanding.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ The Drum & Monkey. Golden colour, good head. Slightly sickly sweet vegetable aroma. Biscuit flavour. Bitter aftertaste. Average golden ale.
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.
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