Inveralmond Sunburst

Brewed by Inveralmond
Style: Pilsener
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, sour malt, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (080808)

Cask @ Old Mill, Brodie
Light blonde with 1 cm dense white head
Aroma of sweet malts, honey, hint of orange, malt a bit sickly, vegetables.
Sweet honey malts, citrus orange, bit buttery, wishy washy flavour.
Low carb, thin, finish much the same as the main flavour but rather dull.
Easy drinking, but the malts are a bit of a sweet mishmash and its cloying on the palate. Not great. A Pilsner? You must be joking!

[keg at Cloisters, Edinburgh] Not seen this on keg before. Furiously carbonated (although not as much as the BI Blonde), very pale golden colour. Hardly any aromas in evidence, maybe a faint gassy sweetness. Strangely perfumed flavour – sweet and oddly fruity. Tastes like a cocktail mixer [12082011]

On keg at Cloisters. Beer coloured soda water. Pours a very light blonde colour with a thin white head. Aroma of light barley, caramel and yeast. Quite thin and highly carbonated. Caramel, mineral water and grassy hop flavours. Little sweet linger. This beer really doesn’t seem to benefit from kegging.

Cask @ The Bon Accord. Mild hoppy aroma. Very clear yellow colour. Hoppy citrus flavour with smooth resin aftertaste. Not bad for a pilsner.

@ Kay’s Bar. Straw colour with a sparkler head. The aroma is faint but lemony with a light pale malt character. The soft body doesn’t work here - it leaves too much sweetness on the palate. Vague fruitiness is okay, but this to me needs quite a bit more hop.

Cask @ Kay’s Bar. Shade of 14k gold with a sparkler head. Sweet aroma is pears. Where are the hops? It’s too sweet for a pils, with lots of pear and lychee. As I sip it, some astringency, even saltiness emerge. The hops come late with a hint of green tea. Finishes dry but not hoppy enough.

14th July 2010. Market Porter. Hazy pale gold beer. No real head. Light dry palate - very dry. Slightly herbal orange and grapefruit. A little chalky and some alka seltzer spritzyness. Finishes dry. Okay.

Half at GBBF. Light yellow colour. Thick stable white head, patchy lace. Wet paper, moss and grassy hop nose. A lot of citric hop with a bit of wet malt. Quite nice and balanced. Not bad

Yellow with a small white head. Fruity aroma with citrus and a little exotic fruit. Sweet and fruity flavour, slightly grainy malt.