Highland Island Hopping

Brewed by Highland
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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The best ale I’ve had for a long time. Had it in Edinburgh.golden, medium bitterness, medium body, creamy, average carbonation, bitter, long finish,

Cask at bow bar clear golden ale with strong citrus fruit flavours nicely ballanced and dry hopped to provide a zingy finish that is not too bitter simular in style to Stewart radical Road

On cask at The Bow Bar Summer Beer Festival, 2011. A very nice golden colour with a thick white head. Resinous hoppy aroma of passionfruit and pineapple. Flavours of passionfruit and pineapple again with mango and a chewy barley backbone. Very well balanced. Mouth-feel is a little resinous and foamy. Great bitterness with a bitter, dry linger. My favourite of the festival so far.

Cask @ Bon Accord. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is lemon, light malted, grapefruits. Flavour is very fruity, lemon and grapefruits, light malty backbone. Fruity and slightly bitter finish. Excellent drinkable.

Aroma: Lovely tropical fruit aroma.

Appearance: Pale golden body, bubbly white head. No lacing.

Taste: Great, fresh flavour. Very light, hoppy and fruity. Slightly bitter finish.

Palate: Thin body. Slick mouthfeel. Almost flat carbonation.

Overall: Juicy, tropical-tasting beer. I could drink this all day. This reminds me of Brewdog’s Dead Pony Club.

Draught at Holborn Whippet. Mostly clear yellow-gold with a decent coating off-white creamy fizzy head. Lovely floral/perfume aroma, a bit of honey and alcohol - taste follows - this is an intensely floral/grassy light golden ale, and almost completely dry and attenuated - airy body, a touch astringent with a long but low-level grassy bitter linger, seems almost like jasmine tea. Loved it.

UPDATED: APR 18, 2013 cask cloisters ... golden yellow .. sweet resiny lemon hop .... dry lemon fruit good standard golden ... quite enjoyed it.3.6

dry hopped at stockbridge tap ... golden yellow ... soft bright big hop nose ... you can get the dry hopping ... zezty lemon ... juicy ... hint of passion fruit ...dry hop is very noticible 3.8 cask at malt and hops ... golden yellow ... soft dry floral hops ... dry fruits ... soft mellow lmon apricpt fruits ... 3.7 cask at abbotsford ... golden amber ... lemon peel grapefruit nose ... soft toffee malts ... light lemon ... soft fruity hop .. really quite nice ... great balance ... great session... tiniest sulphur hint 3.8 cask cloisters ... NS version ... thin white head ... soft zezty passion fruit nose ... big bitter passion fruits ... loads and loads of NS ... ok but not me 3.3 cask at bow ... amarillo version.... golden yellow ... thin white head ... soft zezty fruity lemon nose ... dry lemon ... soft juicy fruit ... light fruity ... little bit custardy 3.6

Pours clear, light amber. Nose of teatree and lemon pith. Grapefruit and hay on the palate with lingering citrus aftertaste. Up there with Jarl & White Swan as my favourite sub 4% golden ales.

Cask@Stockbridge Tap AROMA: citrus, grass APPEARANCE: golden, hazy starts clears quickly forms minimal head TASTE: light sweetness, medium bitterness, lightly sour PALATE: full body, oily feel, lively with a lingering bitter aftertaste OVERALL: superb dry hopped beer with an exceptional full body for 3.9%, citrus is not overpowering and gives it an interesting character

UPDATED: DEC 8, 2012 Cask @ The Guildford Arms, Edinburgh & Bon Accord. Citrus fruit & resin aroma, clear golden colour with a good head. Strong citrus fruit & cereal flavour with bitter biscuit aftertaste. A good golden ale.