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Brewed by Ilkley
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Ilkley, England

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RATINGS: 12   MEAN: 3.3/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.11   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 99   ABV: 3.3%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Special. Also available bottled.
Using a recipe from 1884 found in the archives of the original brewery in Ilkley, this distinctive Victorian Pale Ale was designed as the perfect accompaniment to food, being light and crisp. We have added our modern slant using Australian and American hops and the result is a beer for any occasion. Available in cask and bottle Hops: Calypso (USA), Stella (AUS) & Nelson Sauvin (NZ) Food Match: Yorkshire Lamb Burger, Teacakes


danlo's rating

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
danlo (340) - Durham, - NOV 14, 2012
Pint at Number Twenty2 Darlington. Clear yellow golden colour, creamy white head leaving lots of lacing and slight malt aroma. Light caramel malt taste with some bitterness, biscuit notes, and leaves a lingering dry back of the throat bitterness. Light body, quite drinkable.


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3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (5187) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 15, 2013
Bottle from Corks of Cotham, Bristol. Clear gold with no head and slight carbonation. Light aroma of pineapple and gooseberry with a touch of hay. Flavour was fuller, with some biscuity malts, tropical fruits and a dryish finish. A good lowish alcohol beer.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
leaparsons (7069) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - FEB 9, 2013
Bottle. Very clear, pale gold with a thin foam. Aromas are light white grape juice with honey and lemon lozenge. Clean lager malts with peppery notes and hints of pineapple. Flavours are crisp grain and lemon with floral aspects. Peppery with fruity bitterness and hints of sweet tropical fruit. Dry on the finish. Pretty good.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
jamesie1857 (812) - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, ENGLAND - JAN 27, 2013
500ml bottle - pale yellow body, little white head. Little spicy citrus nose, first taste is sweet lemons. developing into a lasting bitter finish. Nice and crisp and ideal with the lower ABV to have with a meal. Fit for purpose I guess you could say.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
wimpyjoe (1667) - Manchester, Greater Manchester, ENGLAND - JAN 15, 2013
Pale yellow appearance, lots of citrus notes with a light pale ale character. Easy to drink.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
maeib (7542) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - DEC 6, 2012
Cask conditioned handpump Whitelocks Leeds 28/11/12. A light gold coloured beer with a white head. Nice citrus hoppy nites in the nose. Hops and a little toffee sweetness in the mouth. Low ABV and therefore suffers from a short finish but it’s sessionable and tasty enough.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BeerCast_Rich (1677) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - OCT 22, 2012
[cask at the Old Black Bull, Preston] Clear pale yellow pour, strawlike in colour. Big soapy citrus aroma. Nelson Sauvin sharpness on the flavour – a decent amount of whack for 3.3%. As you’d expect, the finish is light, but I enjoyed the bitter, citric flavours in the run-up [05102012]

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Leighton (6921) - London, ENGLAND - OCT 12, 2012
Cask at CBC Clerkenwell, London. Pours clear yellow with a whispy, white foam head. Aroma is mostly baked straw. Light sweet flavor with more straw, some biscuits, other pale malts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty bitter on the finish, some plastic and lemon, bitter hay, pale malts. Strong start, but the bitterness in the finish, which is of dubious compsition, leaves a bit to be desired.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Theydon_Bois (2957) - The ’Sham, Surrey, ENGLAND - OCT 5, 2012
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 30/09/12. Clear pale blonde. Pale malts on the nose, muted hops, not a lot doing on the nose of this one. Citrus fruit in the taste, light malt and hop flavours. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a bitter finish. Decent enough drop but no show stopper.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
madmitch76 (9867) - , Essex, ENGLAND - SEP 22, 2012
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2013 11th September 2012
Cask at the Craft. Clear pale gold beer. Tidy white head. Light light palate which is also a little dry. Light floralness. Tiny bit of soap. A weak shadow of citrus hop. Light dry finish. Mild citric aftertaste. Okay - if something of a fresh air beer.2.8

2nd March 2013
Bottle. Palate is light, dry and crisp. Nice light hops - mellow lime and a trace of lemon. Fairly dry finish. Mild bitter linger. All right.


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