Harviestoun Natural Blonde

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Alva, Central, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Half, cask, hand-pump dispense at Drum & Monkey. Patchy white head. Near-clear golden body. Restrained smell of herbal hops and earthy malts. Resinous hops to the taste buds added by biscuit malts. Rounded, dry bitter tail. Nice (Glasgow, 11.04.2012).

[cask at Hector’s, Edinburgh] Pours slightly hazy brilliant gold, with a decent white head. Zesty lemon on the nose. Bitter lemon fruit on the flavour, quite dry and citric, leading to a bitter hoppy finish. Quite crisp, decent golden ale [20012012]

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in May 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale straw in colour with a thin white head. Zesty lemon in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a thin insipid base with a weak citric tang. Dry floral hops add a citric bitter note to the aftertaste. Finish is short and watery with a whiff of fruit. Is this Dragonfly rebadged? Another poor Golden Ale effort.

Cask.
Rated on 20110727.
Pours clear pale golden colour with minimal head. Aroma of crisp grassy hops and fruit, light malts and floral notes. Flavour of herbs, light malts, fruits and grass. Medium bitter palate.
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Draught at Oliver Twist. Stockholm, September 29th, 2011.
Citrusy aromas of lemon zest and resin. Quite earthy with some hops in the background. The taste is very light and soft with a buttery lemon taste. Finishes with a gentle hop bitterness.

Cask @ Snowgoose, Inverness.
Light golden colour, crystal clear, thin white head with moderate lacing.
Nose of light citrus hop, light malts, faint grass.
Taste - citrus hop with some light earthy/herbal hop, light malts, bit watery....bit boring.
Palate - thin body, soft carb, citrus tang, light bitter. FInish same as main flavour with citrus tang,
This golden ale is a little above average, but was a bit disappointed with this one as Harviestoun do make some superb beers- unfortunately, this isn’t one of them.

Cask. Pours pale gold with a white head. Typical cask feel with aroma hops and fruits. A very typical real ale.

Cask@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Golden coolour, small foamy head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some mild nectary notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, quite floral and mildly grassy as well. Balanced and quite nice blond ale.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pours golden with a big white head. Smells hoppy. Tastes watery and bitter with a similar finish.

Cask @ Akkurat, Stockholm. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a bitter hoppy citrus finish.