Empire Golden Warrior

Brewed by Empire
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Huddersfield, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask at GBBF 2006. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet grassy hoppy, and the flavor is sweet malty with nice grassy and hoppy notes, as well as light flowery notes, leading to a lightly bitter end. A nice session beer.

Cask by handpump at Bon Accord, Glasgow (2 Mar 12) - very mild caramel malt aroma, pours clear pale golden with a white head, flavour is caramel with mild citrus (lemon), sharp taste with developing bitterness

On cask at The Anderson. Pours a blonde colour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel, yeast and lemon. Similar flavours with some barley and a little dry to finish. Mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. OK if a little thin.

Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Golden with a thin foam. Aromas are cereal grain with fleeting lemon tea. Floral with spices and some grassy notes. Flavours are crisp lemon with spritzy yeast and sweet apple and pear autumn fruit. Dry on the finish. Drinkable but forgettable.

Cask @ Cloisters. Very pale gold. Sweet cereal grain aroma, and some pedio. Slight phenols in the flavors do not detract so badly. Has a dry plain wood character. Soft palate. Not bad overall.

Cask, Cloisters, Edinburgh. Straw colour. Poopy smell. Flat with with nice woody hop character. A bit watery, not much malt. Meh.

Cask @ Bon Accord. Light golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus. Flavour of citrus, some bitterness.

500ml Bottle conditioned. There seemed to be a hint of honey on the nose although I didn’t detect this in the taste. Whilst this was 2 months past it’s best before date, and contained a lot of sediment, it poured very clear being a pale golden colour with quite a lot of carbonation and a small short lived head. Very bitter with a rather pleasant citrus flavour. Not bad.

Cask (Gravity) in hotel room Sheffield (RBESG 2009). Golden amber color, medium white head. Lemony hops aroma and taste with some nutty hints and a slight bitterness. Bland Ale :D

[bottle] Mildly fruity apricot aroma with a touch of malt. Hazy straw appearance under a lacy, white cover. Weak flavour: watery base malt, moderate bitterness, fruity tang. Light body, moderate carbonation, moderate bitterness hangs on and the end.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, keller, moderate hoppy, grass, dry silage. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderare bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090719]