3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Cask handpull, The Felix, Nuneaton, 17/11/12. Creamy gold lined with lace. Lemon curd and weak flowers on nose. Floral, lemon zest, tweak of smoke, deep biscuit notes. Slightly astrigent afters. Doesn’t convince.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Grass, floral, fruits and hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Pikkulintu, 20130301) The beer poured golden and almost clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had sweetness, grass and dried straw. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, grass, toffee, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, malty and bitter. A very stylewise correct and nice English bitter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
1/2 at Gateshead ’spoons. Hazy gold with a dense white head. Grapefruit in the aroma, and predominantly in the flavour, tempered by sauvignon blanc flavour, and a candy aftertaste.Lots of tangy bite, fuller-bodied than you might expect. At the first sip I thought"Oh well, another of those grapefruity blond ales that are so ubiquitious at the moment", but this is more than the sum of its parts. Nice beer
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Looked inviting after pouring. Crisp refreshing flavour with enough hop impact to be interesting.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Caramels, yeasty and grassy, grapefruit hops. Well balanced, quenching brew.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Reasonable session bitter, but a bit too yeasty and bready. Pleasant dry finish but an uninspiring bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. Gold with frothy white head. Light hoppy aroma. Flavour is fruity hop with a mild bitter finish. Dull session bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Red Lion, Birmingham. Clear gold pour with a white head. Hoppy grassy aroma. Fruit, light grassy hops and mild bitterness in the flavour.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2012 Cask at Red lion, Birmingham.
Decent white head. Golden/amber clear pour. Nice bitterness.
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