Mauldons Mid Summer Gold

Brewed by Mauldons
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Sudbury, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Light vaguely citric hops and sweetish malt. Unimpressive golden ale.

Tasted this in the Last Post, Paisley (JDW) in August 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Hazy gold in colour with a thin white head. Slight dusty note of hop flowers in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a slight digestive biscuit note with tart grapefruit and crisp green apple fruit notes. Metallic hop resins impart a bitter tang to the long aftertaste. Finish is malty with a hint of sweet barley sugar. An ok summer session Golden Ale.

2nd August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! On tap at the Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Amber beer. Sharp and sweet. Floral mid notes and a lingering semi bitter finish. Nice.

Cask @ Bon Accord. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is caramel malts, citrus, a bit spicy. Flavour is dry biscuit, citrus, spicy. Dry finish. Very well drinkable.

[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ University Arms, Sheffield.
Pours lightly hazy golden with a nice, creamy, white film head. Good lacings. Aroma has lots of green apple, light doughy malts and subdued citric and piney hops. Very light carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Flavour has lots of green applepeel, light cider-ish, actually. Some subdued doughy malts. Fine, dry hoppy finish.

Handpulled at The Friendship, Fallowfield, Manchester. Hazy gold colour with pure white lasting head. Mainly citrus/hop aroma with some sweet maltiness. Medium body with initial sweetness. Dry bitter finish. Fine summer beer.

Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Perfect looking pull, gold with slowly clearing creamy white head, without the use of a sparkler. Good hoppy aroma. No strong flavours but a perfect blend of gentle sweet malt and subtle citric hops. Very well brewed and good enough for a second pint despite another scoop being available on the bar!

Cask, gravity, at Bedford Beer Festival ’07. Gold with a nettly hop aroma. Rather thin soapy-water taste. Low bitterness. Disappointing.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 4   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 1   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 3   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Nuts : 2   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 3
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 2   Leafy : XX   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 2   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : 2   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : 2

Comments: Soapy and dry, but light in maltiness.

Cask (Market Porter, London) Light amber, no head. Sweet malty aroma. Taste is much bigger, a very generous hoppy kick to stop it becoming too corn-sweet. Bitter finish lasts a long time.