3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@The Marble Arch Inn, Manchester. Clear golden looks with a smallish white head and some nice laceage. Fragrant hoppy aroma with good grapefruit/citrus notes that continued on into the flavour. Clean, crisp and well poised. Straightforward but very tasty stuff. Top session fodder.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A sweetly hopped pale ale, which makes for a very pleasant taste and drink.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ 12th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, Troon 2011. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is grapefruit, hoppy, passion fruit, bit of sourness. Flavour is hoppy, grapefruit, smooth maltiness, bit of candy, slightly sour and fairly bitter. Smooth and well balanced. This is a cracker.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask @ Troon Beer festival. Pale golden yellow colour, good head. Cereal resin tropical & citrus fruit flavour. Light & refreshing golden ale.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: NOV 12, 2011 Cask at GBBF 2011. Looks like a pale golden bitter but strong hoppy aromas promise a more serious beer! Weighty and slightly oily on the palate, with serious hops offering a mix of underlying fruity sweetness fading into a long drier citrus hoppy finish. One of the best English IPAs I’ve had, managing strong flavours without needing ridiculous levels of alcohol.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the GBBF 2011.
Citrus aroma. Hoppy. Creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness. More like an IPA. Yummy
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On cask at Trackside, Bury. Far too sweet for me, syrup, fruits. Strong hops. OK.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask handpull, SIBA Champions Fest 2011, The Canalhouse, Nottingham. Pure gold, level Persil head. Aroma of grated citrus rind- grapefruit and lemon. My kind of beer. Some fruit syrup sweetness as from a can recently vacated by mandarins, grapefruit and lychees..but balanced by husky, shampoo bitterness. Biscuit and flowers finish squeezed with lemon. Lovely.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Clear gold beer, little white head. Sweet hops! Nice grapefruit. Bitterish aftertaste, nice contrast to the sweetness. Good stuff!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity at Chelmsford Winter BF 2011. Bright clear gold colour with lasting white head. Tasty strong golden ale with excellent hops. Some peach and apricot. Really quite hoppy. Summer Lightning as it used to be
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at NWAF, 2011. Golden pour with a white head. Nice aromas of citrus, peach, mango. Flavours of orange zest, lemon peel, a little toffee, cloves and crisp red apples. Great hop laden mouthfeel. Full on fruity-hoppy finish. Good stuff.
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