Isle of Skye Hebridean Gold

Brewed by Isle of Skye
Style: Bitter
Portree, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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Cask by handpump at Bon Accord, Glasgow (28 Jan 12) - clear pale golden ale with medium off-white head, floral aroma, honey notes, sweetish and slightly oily finish, I quite like this one

Tasted this in the Last Post, Paisley (JDW) in April 2000. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale amber in colour with a thin white head. Slight citric tang of lemon peel in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt base gives a digestive biscuit note with tart kiwi and gooseberry flavours noted. Dry dusty hop resins give a slightly astringent aftertaste. Finish is slightly malty with citric fruit still present right through to the end. An ok session Golden Ale.

Cask @ The State Bar. Marzipan fruity malt aroma. Medium brown colour, decent head. Sour straw malt flavour. Sharp with bitter aftertaste. Not a nice bitter.

Bottle. A golden coloured pour with a medium white head. Vinegar like aroma. Tastes sour, vinegar, some malt. I couldn’t finish this, maybe it was infected or something. Horrible indeed.

Cask conditioned at The Blue Blazer, Edinburgh. Gold with slight head. Slightly grainy sourish twang on both aroma and taste. Fruity, hints of peach. Pretty unremarkable.

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2012 18.August 2012 Sample from a 5 litre keg that was opened for the occation. Big thanks to my fellow homebrewer Lars Helge. Same appearance as before. More ripe and living aroma containing honey and yeasty notes. No sweetness left and distinctly acidic to the edge of sourness. Heavy bitterness that lasts and lasts. smooth to swallow. original rating MAY 8, 2011 2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Misty golden body. Tanned, creamy, fingerthick head leaving a fair lacing. Grass, malts, light syrup and caramel pudding aroma. Sweet and light bitter flavors with notes of dried light fruits. Medium body. Flatish. Finishes light astringent.

Bottle from Dobbies garden cemtre in Ashford. Clear gold with a thin white head. Grassy hoppy aroma. Bit perfumed in mouth. Its not great too be honest too perfumed. Some hop on end. Did not want to finish it. But I did and it got better. Not much better but less unpleasant

Slight malt hop sweet aroma. Murky amber colour with good head and lacing. Smokey malt hop aroma. Fizzy palate.

500 ml bottle from Skye, Golden colour, small and lacing head. Smell: a bit industrial. Taste: malty, very bitter aftertaste, metal, industrial, roasted malt. Not balanced beer!

Unappealing pale muddy brown with a medium white head. Good retention. Aroma is slightly sweet malt with almost no hops. Flavor is english malt with moderate bitterness. Little hops flavor. Not interesting.