2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
500ml bottle shared by garthicus with me and blankboy. Light amberish gold with a tiny fizzy drool of white head - clear. Aroma is pear, wildflower, and oddly, white pepper ... I stand corrected: cloves. Taste follows - bitter, and way more of that pepper/clove sharpness, tries to be sweet. Thin, watery, vaguely carbonated, quite lacking in any body, just leaves an earthy/peppery dry aftercoating. Ehhhh.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours golden with gentle bubbles and a decent head. The nose has a gentle blood orange or pink grapefruit note. The taste has lemon zest and lemon cough sweets. The palate shows a medium body, a medium-thick tangy texture and a clean zesty finish. Overall, a lovely balanced and quite individual pale ale.
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle from farmers market strabane.Sweet flavor with fruit, floral hops and caramel. Mild bitter finish. come again my son.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This was a gift from a good pal of mine who brought some back from Belfast for me. This was a bit of a slow burner for me and certainly opened up the further down the glass I went. It pours a very light yellow, lager colour with a very small head. I definitely picked up banana bread with pretty good carbonation. I did find it very "watery" however and wouldn’t normally be a massive fan of such. That said it didn’t disappoint.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pale golden beer with honey malt aroma and a trace of black pepper. Balanced sweet/bitter body with sweet hay finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle (500ml) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- c/o garthicus. Pours a clear pale gold with an average size diminishing fizzy white head. Aroma of light UK hops, some sugary sweetness, grain, honey and a hint of fruit and spices. Flavour of light hops, honey, sweet malt, grain and a short, sweet, bitter finish -- a bit too sweet for me. Light to average bodied. Not bad, just O.K.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, appearance: light yellow, small white head. Aroma: Banana, hay, slight hops, cloves. Flavour: Sweet, cloves, banana, light and crisp, a little burnt caramel in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Light golden color. Grainy cereal nose. Fairly malty and light. Not enough body or hops.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at Bittles Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Average beer...some hoppiness, some thin grassy notes...merely average. Poured a nice golden yellow with a white head.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a golden straw yellow with a 1.5 finger white head that isn’t retained for long. Leaves some lacing as it goes down, but not much.
Not much aroma really-light hops, bread, biscuit, and malts.
Tastes slightly bitter with hints of hops and malts. Nothing really dominant or overpowering.
Goes down fairly smooth and light with a decent carbonation. Not too full.
Overall, it is a nice Irish twist on an English/Irish Pale Ale, but nothing particularly special that I would go out of my way to try again.
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