Kelburn Pivo Estivo

Brewed by Kelburn
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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1 pint cask, Golden Rule, Edinburgh. Light golden colour with a small hint of brown. Small, but nice looking white creamy head. Rich malty and crisp hoppy aromas. Smooth flavours balanced by a nice hoppiness. Very drinkable.

Cask, Geordies Byre, Ayr. Pale golden colour, off white head. Fruity citrus aroma, similar flavour with some hop. Dryish finish. A little lacking in body. Solid but unspectacular.

Sampled at the brewery. Golden with at iny white head. Malty and flowey notes. Malt, hops and a touch of citrus. Medium body with a nice, bitter finish.

Cask by handpump at Thomson’s Bar, Edinburgh (7 May 12) - clear pale golden ale with a creamy white head, light malt aroma, good temperature, grassy, bit of citrus, watery, lightly hopped

On cask @ the Guildford Arms. Pours blonde with a considerable haze and a decent head. The nose has lemon and flowers with a touch of yeastiness too. The taste pretty much reiterates the yeasty lemon thing. The palate is light bodied with a lean texture which goes into the finish. Not very complicated but does the job.

Cask @ The Golden Rule, Edinburgh 290612
Light golden, clear, frothy white head, some lacing. Aroma of light malts, hint of dust, not much else. Taste of golden oily pale malts, light sweet malts, bitterish hops, alightly metallic. Palate - soft carb, thinnish body, bit oily, Finish - a bit dry, bitter hops and hint of metal
Overall - looking at the comments here, may be not in best condition/ off batch. Was very average when rated.

Cask at cloisters. Clear pale yellow, smooth white head. Bread, sweet fruit, buttery nose. Creamy mouthfeel, herbaceous, fruity taste with a light caramel malt, toasty finish. Classic pale ale, but surprisingly great nose.

Cask at Malt and hops. Looks almost watery clear. Light gold like Aspall but without the fizz. Tastes of stale hops. pretty poor really. Maybe the pub is to blame becaue previous comments contradict.

Tasted this in the Bull Inn, Paisley in September 2006. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale straw in colour with a thin white head. Strong citric notes in the nose with grapefruit evident. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a strong citric fruit base of kiwi and pink grapefruit - not as intense as Carte Blanche though. Strong hop resins impart a earthy dusty flavours to the aftertaste. Finish is refreshing with fruity malt still evident. A decent summer session Golden Ale.

Cask, Blackfriars, Glasgow, RBESG 07. Clear gold, thin white head. Hoppy, sherberty and citrus. Mouth is hoppy with some floral citrus tones, and just a hint of earwax. Little bit metallic. Dry finish that lasts well.