Fox Chinook

Brewed by Fox (Norfolk)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Kings Lynn, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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The Fox and Hounds, Heacham (the brewery/tap). Orange gold with a slight haze and thinning head. Brazen grapefruit aroma punching with citrus and fibrous hop resins. Soft and earthy in the mouth with Oakham-like zest and pith aplenty, and a late flourish of softening pale malt digestive sweetness. Irresistable single-varietal hop freshness that disappeared in minutes. Refreshing and excellent.

Cask at Peterborough Beer Fest. Almost clear golden. Rich aroma of grapefruit and lychee. Sweet and medium bodied with bolde, rounded mouthfeel. Salty and hop driven, finishing really bitter. Leaning towards American pale ales.

A mid amber coloured beer with a weak white head. A strong biscuity nose, and a hoppy aroma, slightly citrusy and a touch piney. Dry taste, biscuity malt taste is followed by an orangey citrus fruit flavour. There is a hint of piney resinous in the background. A long dry finish. (Cask - The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).

Cask conditioned - handpump - Malt Shovel Northampton. A golden, flat looking beer. The aroma is very hoppy with lovely grapefruit aromas. The taste is bitter with more grapefruit flavours. Feels light in body with not enough malts to support the hop.