Exmoor Gold (Cask)

Brewed by Exmoor
Style: Bitter
Taunton, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at GBBF08. Hazy dark golden colour. Lagery flavour with a little hop citrus. Starts off bad, but turns better. The citric hops are OK.

Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour with particles floating around. Aroma is fruity hops and mild grass with some minor eggy notes. Flavour is the same, but with mild spices and sweetness.

Clear golden with tiny white head. Malty aroma with caramel and flowers. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel and floral hops. Ends mild bitter.

A post-climb pint, drunk when I was knackered, aching and gasping for a beer - so it was always going to taste good! Served at room temperature in a very warm pub - the correct (ie cellar/ twelve degrees) temperature would have been nicer. Deep gold colour (fairly pale for a bitter) with a slight but lasting creamy white head. In the mouth the beer feels strangely thick, almost greasy, and yet despite this is startlingly easy to drink - I finished it almost before I knew what I was doing. It’s a little eggy at first, before clearing to reveal some malt, a hint of citrus and just enough bitterness to make it both refreshing and thirst quenching. It’s more like a golden ale than a bitter however, the flavours are fairly weak. In terms of actual flavour, this beer is rather insipid and unmemorable however, it’s so drinkable and refreshing that it would make a great summer session beer I could happily knock back a few of these on a hot day (although preferably served at a slightly cooler temperature!)

Handpulled at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Fine looking pint, living up to its name. Cleared slowly to a thick white head with nice lacing. Rather sweet at first but a reasonable hop bitterness slowly developed towards the end of the pint. Nice beer, though I tried Butcombe Gold earlier in the day, which was much better.

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2009 Cask, Long Itchington ’08. Fresh-on and nitro-smooth. Almond and lingering cornflake. Milky and clinging in the mouth. What happened to the hops? Worst beer of the festival by a mile. 534310 Cask, Nana V’s 88th birthday lunch, The Waterman, Hatton. Faint mint leaf, lychee and herbal hop aroma. Silky gold and soft. Almond, conifer, gentle lychee citrus, pale nuttiness and vanilla. Good ice cream beer.

Cask at Farnham Beerex 2008. A pleasant golden ale. The beer is dry with plenty of citrus flavours., and a good hoppy finish.

Cask-conditioned at the Ship Inn, Porlock Somerset. Pale gold colour with a decent white head. Sweet malt and hay aroma. Flavour of biscuit malt with a dry finish. Ok.

A Mes rate: Cask at Baker Street ’Sporks.
Mid gold colour with a thin but reasonably tenacious white head. Fatty and oily with bread, yeast and cake. Very slight bacon like smokeyness. Odd and something doesn’t quite sit right.

Cask at The Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham, 28/09/07. Looks good - perfectly clear gold - but smells pretty bad, grassy tending towards well, farts. Grassy straw taste and a very smooth, creamy feel. OK, but "I’m not feeling this", you could say!