Hampshire Greece Lightning

Formerly brewed at Hampshire
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Romsey, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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500ml bottle (bottle conditioned), consumed August 2006. Gold/amber colour. Dryish, with some citrus but nothing too inspiring going on here. It was a rather old bottle, so I’ve made some allowances in the scoring.

[Bottled, thanks chris_o!] Clear golden. Lightly flowery nose. Sweetish and medium bodied. Rather fruity with some sulphur. Low bitterness. Not an attention grabber.

Hand pulled at the Goat and Tricycle, Bournemouth. Little aroma, some lacing compliments the golden colour. Excelelnt beginning: piney citrus and grapefruit, which then slides into a coventional Golden/Blond finish: tart lemon and specks of sweetness. On the whole, very good.

Clear golden color, short to no head. Sharp bitter aroma. Moderately bitter taste and palate. Uninteresting.

On tap. Clear orange coloured, weak aroma. Strong bitter flavour and finish. Strictly one-dimensional.

Dog & Bone. A butterscotch golden ale. Good name. Decent drinkable beer which is fairly close to Summer Lightning - but tastier!