Hogs Back HOP Hop Garden Gold (Cask)

Brewed by Hogs Back
Style: Bitter
Farnham, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: MAY 17, 2012 Cask at GBBF08. Almost clear golden colour. Stable white head. Weak fruity aroma. Good malty flavour. Rough hoppiness, but quite nice still. 6 3 6 3 16

Bottle at KØ12. Cloudy amber colour. Green apple aroma. The flavour is acidic with a spicy hop and a little grain in the finish. 5 3 5 3 15

Enjoyed this good local ale, excellent tasting and better than Summer Lightning which i’ve also tried, nicer overall texture and flavour and a well balanced finish.

Cask@GBBF2008. Ambery golden colour, not much head. Aroma is caramel malts, rubber, some yeast and very bitter fruity notes. Flavour is candy, fruity hops, nectar and rich sweet wooden notes.

Deep gold with a minimal white head. A light beer with some hay then a huge hoppy bitterness, rather too bitter to actually be refreshing. However, the beer grows on you as some honey & citrus flavour develops; this leaves a slightly syrupy mouthfeel by the end.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2009 Handpulled cask at JDW Stanmore. Badged as Hogs back HOP, I assume that I am rating the right beer? Pale gold in excellent fresh condition with lively white head, nobody could fail to enjoy this pint. Although very pleasant, it does not live up yo it’s name, being a malt accented beer. A short dry finish and a good mouth feel. Not bad! 3.3. I’ve just tried this beer for the second time at the same pub several months later and have to say that it is probably the worst case of diactyl I have encountered. Almost undrinkable! .

Cask handpump @ The Hope Tap, Reading, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, lime, buttery, notes of fruit, banana - pineapple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (010508)

Dark golden colored, little yellow head. Slightly hazy appearance. Nice lemony and mildly hopped aroma with flowers. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is even stronger with hops and some Saaz-tones, flowers also present. Aftertaste dries with lemon, fruits and hops. Fine hopped cask.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2010 Cask conditioned - handpump - Criterion Leicester. A dark gold coloured beer. The aroma is hoppy with some pineapple and marmalade. The taste is also hoppy but there is some sticky sweetness. A little unbalanced. Score 3.1
Subsequent rating also scored 3.1. Score unchanged.

Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Gold with a thick creamy head; fruity aroma; bitter and orangey to start then developing a marmalade sweetness; sweet and sticky finish.

Cask conditioned @ Hole in The Wall, Porstmouth. Nice citrussy hop and full malty flavours. Fairly sweet and not really enough bitterness. Slightly odd sweet flavour.