Jarrow Rivet Catcher

Brewed by Jarrow Westoe
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
South Shields, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask at GBBF 2010. A hazy dark golden beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, citrusy hops, and elderflowers, leading to a dry, bitter, and citrusy finish. The body is light.

Cask @ The Centurion, Newcastle 210312
Straw colour, clear, dense thin white frothy head with some lacing
Aroma of light citrus hops...pale malts...bit of cereal
Taste - citrus floral light bitter hops...sweet light pale malts...slight bitter zest...hint of light sweet honey
Palate -soft carb, thin body, bit oily texture. Sweet light citrus tang on palate. Finish of light citrus bitter and a bit oily.
Overall - good flavour for the abv....easy drinking golden ale

On cask at The Centurion, Newcastle. Pours a blonde colour with a fair white head. Hoppy aroma of passion fruit, peach and bubblegum. Similar flavours with barley malt notes. Mildly bitter with a nice dry linger. Lovely.

Cask @ The Bon Accord. Mild perfumey aroma. Golden yellow colour good head. Dry biscuit citrus fruit & resin flavour. Bitter aftertaste. Reasonable golden ale.

Dark golden, hazy beer with a yellowish head. Citrus on the nose and taste. Very light, not quite sure whether it was worth £3.30 a pint though.

Cask. Criterion, Leicester. Thin white head slightly hazy amber-golden body. Decent carbonation. Aroma is hops, biscuity malt base, perfume. Bitter hop bite with sweet notes. Dry finish.

Cask at GBBF 2010. Pours a good amber gold colour, plenty of spice in the aroma with fruit in the background, plenty of malt in the taste with a good dry finish.

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white and lacing head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight grassy. Fruity and citrusy hops flavoured. Bitter and crisp dry into the finish.

Cask - The White Lion, Norwich. Pours a dark golden colour with not much head to speak of. Some herby hop aromas with a hint of lemon and grapefruit. Citric sweetness to begin with on the tongue leading to quite a dry - not quite grapefruit, but almost - and grassy bitterness. On the thin side of medium in body with a fair length to the finish and low to medium carbonation.

Cask at Bacchus, Newcastle upon Tyne. A golden coloured pour with a medium tight white head. Pleasing hoppy aroma. Tastes quite malty, hoppy, citrus fruit. Very easy to drink, decent. .