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Grand Union One Hop: Aurora

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Formerly brewed at Grand Union
Style: Bitter
Hayes, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 3   MEAN: 3.3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.1   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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Cask; Special (One Hop series) - June 2006.
Aurora hop variety. Each beer features a single variety of hop from around the world. Every beer in the series undergoes five separate additions of the particular hop into the brew kettle. Whole hops are then added to the “hopback”, in which the hot brew passes on its way to the fermenter. All the beers will have the same degree of hoppy bitterness, and drinkers are able to compare the aroma, flavour, and pleasing aftertaste of each of the varieties. Instead of using specialty malts that might mask the flavour of the hop, only Maris Otter pale malt is used. Maris Otter is the finest strain of malt available. With only pale malt used, there is little to come between the hop lover and the hop.


3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
chriso (7065) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 31, 2006
Cask (handpump) at the Market Porter, Southwark, June 2006. The usual Grand Union One Hop pale gold colour. Moderate citric aroma. the citrus really kicks in on the palate, with lashings of grapefruit, coupled with a subtle underlying dry malt touch to provide balance. Finishes sharp and quite bitter. I thought this was an excellent summer quaffer, although not the most complex (although I wouldn’t expect that from this concept). It would indeed, as the brewery suggests, be interesting to compare and contrast beers in this series side by side, but that’s not really on option because of the monthly release format. Still, its an interesting, and largely successful, concept.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
kook (2033) - Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA - JUL 1, 2006
Cask @ Market Porter: Hoppy, grassy aroma with some grapefruit there. Very refreshing juicy grapefruit and citric hops. Almost a touch of pine. Nice golden ale.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Joeh (2036) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - JUL 1, 2006
Cask conditioned at the Market Porter, Southwark. A standard issue golden ale with some malt upfront and a slightly brash late bitterness. It’s quite good but there’s not an awful lot going on.


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