2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
2nd January 2013
Craft Clerkenwell, Hazy gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Dry neutral malt. Mildly tangy dried fruit hops, some orange. Whisper of bubblegum. Dry finish. Too dry.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the South Western Arms, St Denys (So’ton) - 09/09/12.
Clear golden with a white head that soon thins.
Sweet malt and toffee on the nose.
Caramel in the taste, medium bodied with a slightly smokey dry finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@cornubia, bristol. Pale golden, light malt, lemon cascade. Like every other UK golden ale. Dull
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (26 Jun 12) - clear pale golden ale, thin white head, grassy hop aroma, good temperature, cereal / caramel, dry finish
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Live from Knickersby Spoons. Bright gold with a loose white top. Muted lime and tangerine aroma. Solid husky foundations overlaid with orange-accented hop. Some warm Tupperware impressions; almond and oatmeal traces. Bitter finish softening into pear and malted milk biscuit. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Fine looking, golden ale with little aroma, but its fine texture ensures a great taste.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Hazy pale amber with thin white head that leaves lots of lacing on the glass; tropical fruit aroma - perhaps peach; a smooth floury body with an intensely sweet, tropical fruit flavour; then a pleasanlty assertive bitterness to counteract the sweetness. Nice.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask @ JDW Elgin
Golden amber, clear, thin white head, good lacing
Aroma of light caramel malts, not much else here
Taste of sweet caramel malts, bitter yeast, hints of stilton cheese, stale, bit smoky, farmyard manure, very odd, urgghh
Palate - soft carb, medium body, very dry palate. Finish - very bitter with hints of blue cheese, biscuit, big big bitter linger..again uurrggh
Overall - Couldn’t finish this...a chuck out
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Conditioned handpump Wig & Pen Northampton. A golden beer with a white head and lacing. A regular bittersweet nose; a bit of malt, a bit of hop. A very interesting mouth and nothing like the commercial description. Tea flavours. Sweet malts. Hedgerows hops and sweetness. Really quite odd but certainly endearing.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours clear gold with a white, foam head. Hay and straw, light toast in the aroma. Has a very pleasant flavor with some cereal, dough, and hay bitters. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Clean, light sugar finish. Nice. Looks good, too.
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