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

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RATINGS: 54   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.13   EST. CALORIES: 105   ABV: 3.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular. Also available bottled.
Made with high quantities of Amarillo hops, this pale crisp beer has refreshing citrus aromas and flavours. Gold medal winner at the SIBA Northern region beer competition 2009/10 and bronze medal winner at the SIBA national competition


highest score

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
imdownthepub (8470) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - FEB 21, 2010
Cask conditioned at Fleetwood Beer Festival 2010. Pale gold with white head. Bright, hoppy and fresh beer with a juicy grapefruity flavour, drying, bitter and really very tasty. Another very enjoyable beer from this festival.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
MaartenRF10 (1176) - Wageningen, NETHERLANDS - FEB 6, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 11, 2012 Clear, maybe slightly hazy, pale golden beer with small white head. Aroma is faints citrus hops, nice, but not much. It’s a nice refreshing beer, not watery, good bitterness and fine citrusfruits. Bitter aftertaste.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
harrisoni (10911) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - APR 29, 2011
Cask handpull at Reading BF 2011. Pale gold lasting white head. Its a decent pale golden ale. Pretty decent but nay too bad. Rather likeable and full in mouth good condition. Good

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
RichardGretton (4017) - Leicestershire, ENGLAND - AUG 20, 2012
Bottle. Golden beer with a strongish head. The aroma is lightly hopped and the flavour is very well hopped with a large amount of bitterness. Overall a really nice well hopped beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
SilkTork (4898) - Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom, WALES - JUL 4, 2011
Craft Beer Co. opening night. Pale and hoppy. Works well together. Good stuff.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Theis (11080) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - AUG 14, 2011
Cask at EustonTAP. Clear golden - white head. Grassy, fruity, citrus, amarillo notes, spicy notes, light malty, light herbal, hay, light zesty. Nice.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JohnRMurdoch (2253) - Glasgow, SCOTLAND - MAR 21, 2012
Bottle from Nina’s Minimarket, Edinburgh. Resin, biscuit & citrus aroma & flavour. Clear golden colour, not much test. Bitter aftertaste. A bit unbalanced but still a good golden ale.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ndon (857) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUN 30, 2011
Cask @ Craft Beer Co. Pours a clear gold, with a moderate white head. Light pine, grass, lemon, wheatgrass, strong lime, and a slight hint of peach as it warms up. Light bitterness on the finish

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
maeib (7542) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - MAY 28, 2012
UPDATED: DEC 28, 2012 Cask conditioned handpump Cask & Kitchen Brighton 20/05/12. A pale golden beer with a white bubbly head. Good piney bitterness in the mouth. Grapefruit in the nose. Spice and grass notes. Bit of toast and biscuit in the malts. Good beer especially at this low ABV. Score 3.4
Subsequent rating scored 3.6. Average becomes 3.5

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Christian (9697) - Odense, DENMARK - OCT 17, 2011
Cask. Golden with a small white head. Fruity, grassy and herbal aroma. Dry grassy, hop dominated flavour with notes of citrus and nettles


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