3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.
Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, earthy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity hops, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20120119]
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at the Scottish Real Ale Festival, 2012. Pours a yellow colour with a thick white head. Aroma of lemon, pine, caramel, yeast and alcohol. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Quite dry also.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tropical nose with hint of biscuit, initial impressions did not fit with IPA style, but light hops are apparent in after taste
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Old Mill, Brodie
Golden yellow, clear, creamy head, good lacing
Aroma of fruity golden malts, soft sweet honey, hint of apricot
Taste of golden sweet caramel malts, honey, soft fruity malts, touch of scorched honey, background of light bitter straw hops
Palate soft carb, medium body, sticky, quite viscous. Finish of sweet pale malts, bit of burnt sugar.
Overall - Oversweet golden ale and not much going on here...is it an IPA? No.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (29 Mar 12) - clear pale golden with a fruity aroma and thin off-white head, malty and citrus flavour, slightly dry finish, pleasant
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Webb Ellis (JDW) in Twickenham, golden with a fine white head, a faint malt note and a touch of ginger on the nose, crisp and wheaty palate with hints of melon. Refreshing.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Prince of Wales, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Clear golden colour with small creamy white head.
Sweet sugary, soda like aroma with mild bitterness.
Malt and mild bitterness in flavour. Mild hops in aftertaste.
Disappointment.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned handpump Malt Shovel Northampton. A golden beer with a whitish head and lacing. This is on the sweet side with yeasty notes in the aroma. There’s nothing wrong with this but it is dull and boring and lacks a hop profile or bitterness.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Fleetwood Beer Fest ’12. Gold with white head. Dry, slightly lemony flavours from a thinnish malty body and light hop. No real depth to the flavour but it’s quite pleasant overall.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at NWAF, 2012. Gold pour with a white head. Wheat, ginger and pear aroma. Pear and yellow melon flavour. Fruity finish.
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