Loddon Razzle Dazzle

Brewed by Loddon
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Reading, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] Very lively and difficult to draw - eventually settled with a straw body and thin dense off-shite head; grainy cereal aroma; similar flavours with some citrus and honey; smooth creamy finish, slightly dry and peppery and no sign of the Cascade hops.

Cask handpull, Whitefriars, Coventry. Honey gold with a fine skim and plenty of lace. Nose: orange peel impressions, slight catfood, musky hop. Good balanced taste; lemon zest and vaguely tropical hop ending with cream on wafers. Good enough to encourage a re-sampling.

Cask (Giddy Bridge JDW, Southampton) -Golden in colour. Fruity aroma with hints of peaches in syrup and perfume. Hoppy and slightly sweet taste with hints of tea and grapefruit.

JDW, Rochester. Pale gold. Quite dry. Good fruit. Like a fruity lager. Quite vague in the middle where the sweet malt merges with bittering hops. Drinkable.

Cask conditioned handpump Crosse Keys London. A light gold coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. A decent lemony hoppy beer with good sharp citrus in the nose and a bit of orange mixed in in the mouth. A tad lightweight as far as the malt levels are concerned but good flavours.

Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Pale gold colour crystal clear, thick white head. This is what a blond ale should be like, lively, good body, decent pale malts , but really good hops, sherbert on finish, good grapefruit/tangerine aroma. Good enough to have 2 pints of it.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Pale golden. Fruity and dusty with notes of menthe and hay. Light-medium bodied, very lightly citric. Medium bitterness.

Cask conditioned at The Rose & Crown, Charlbury, Oxon. Gold amber beer with white head. Light and dry hoppy beer, refreshing with a particularly citric bitterness on the finish. Nicely balanced and very drinkable.