Hardknott Katalyst

Brewed by Hardknott
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Millom, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask conditioned handpump Harp London 15/02/13. A golden coloured beer with a white bubbly head. A sharp hoppy beer verging on harsh but just about managing to avoid that. Good tropical citrus stuff throughout. A nicely brewed hoppy almost challenging beer. Lots of flavour for 3.8%

Cask-conditioned and unfined at the Three Tuns, Bristol 25/07/2012. Clear gold in colour with a decent, white head. Light aroma of grapefruit with some grassy hops. Flavour had sweetish fruit, cereal malts and a lingering bitter finish. Fine.

It retains a full bitterness although the ale is slightly sour in the palate.

Cask at SIBA festival. Pale gold with an off white tight froth. Grapefruit and green vegetables on the nose. Summery crisp salad notes in the mouth. Very light and breezy but a pleasant bitter lime kick in the finish.

12th March 2012
On tap at the Rake. Clear amber beer, tidy white head. Light semi dry palate. Fresh. Moderate carbonation. Fair bit of pale malt with a trace of honey. Mild orangey hops. Not bad but probably suffered from my previous beer being the Brew Wharf hop monster (Nic and Nates IPA).

[cask at the Bow Bar, Edinburgh] Golden pour, thin head. Pretty bitter on the nose, a large amount of grassy bitterness in evidence. Taste is sharp and grapefruity, with plenty of hop in the Hardknott beer, as ever. Long bitterness, quite dry overall. I’ve got to admit, I didn’t get much caramel on the flavour. Sharp in the finish – a modern bitter? [29022012]

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden colour with a thick white head. A hoppy aroma of pine, pineapple and caramel. Similar flavours with lingering pineapple again. Moderate carbonation, nicely bitter and very drinkable.

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2012 cask in bow ... golden amber ...thin white head ... soft dry toffee malts ... light soft woody malts ... light floral hop ... soft dull finish ... thats quite drying

Cask (handpump) @ The Rake, 14 Winchester Walk, London, Greater London England SE1 9AG.

Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, straw, toasted, caramel, fruity, light hoppy, fruity. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101204]

Cask at CASK Pub & Kitchen on 25th May 2011. Clear amber-gold with part lacing off white foam. Zesty and fruity initial aroma; rich developing hoppiness in the liquid - floral herby and grassy with notes of peach and grapefruit. Very satisfying.