3.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20500ml bottle. Pours cloudy golden with smooth head and some sediment. Mild but pleasantly hoppy aroma. Plenty of hops, dry fruit and citrus flavours give way to a long bitter finish. Slightly over carbonated but not too gassy as some Mallinsons beers can be. Very good.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Blond colour with creamy head. Fresh citrusy aroma. Flavour is quite hoppy and lightly bitter. Thin texture but nice lingering bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle. Misted, straw coloured pour with a flat white head. Fruit salad chew, melon and red shiny apple in the aroma- softly humming with hop as usual. Fruit salad and lemon rind on the palate which finishes drily with a rasp of husky pale malt. Really digging these Mallinsons beers at the moment.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Rehills in Newcastle. Hazy golden coloured with citrus fruity flavours and a sharp grapefruit finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Great Grog. Hazy golden amber colour, not much head, lot of sediment. Dry citrus biscuit aroma& flavour, bitter aftertaste. A bit homebrewish but decent enough.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a bright gold with a hint of orange. Zesty fruit aromas. Similar zesty fruity flavours with lemon most prominent.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home, pours a light orange colour, nice lacing. Citrussy head with some pumpkin, interestingly. Same on the flavour, with a touch more pumpkin even than the head, and a touch of marmalade. Not over-carbonated, nice and easy drinking (in a non-insulting way!).
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at home. Slightly hazy yellow amber, bubbly white head fades to a thin cap. Herbal, slightly lemon, grassy hop nose. Dry bready front, slight citrus, short bitter finish. Not bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at CPK, London on 7th December 2011. Pale gold with lasting white head. Hoppy but sweetish fruity aroma. Developing sharp hoppiness after initial chalkiness. Grassy bitterness late then a lasting, rich and intense hoppy finish. Zingy and refreshing texture.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pale gold pint, foamy pure white head. Aroma is a little fruity, quiter herbal and dry. Taste is similar, but with a lot of emphasis on the dry herbal edge. Bitter finish. As far as blonde ales go, not really my thing.
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