Morland Old Golden Hen (Bottle)

Brewed by Greene King
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Bury St. Edmunds, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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[500ml bottle from Asda, High Wycombe] Pours deep golden with a slight white head and a light fizz. Some lemon up front then lots of leafy hops. Quite sweet. Impressed by GK making a beer where the hops actually show through; the unfortunate thing is that this particular hop flavour is one that I’m not particularly fond of. Nevertheless, it’s not a bad beer. Clean finish too,

bottle. Deep gold with small head. There’s a surprisingly big hop finish to this light bodied ale. Pleasant, and goes down easy.

(Bottle): Pours a clear golden colour with small white head. Aroma of grassy, earthy hops, some sweet maltiness and a bit of skunk. Taste is initially of subdued malt and fruits which quickly gives way to some moderate hits of floral hops, citrus and grassy/earthy notes. I like the bitterness, it’s just enough to give a kick but not too much to spoil the experience. Nothing special in this beer but it’s drinkable.

Lys gyllen farve ned hvitt skum som forsvinner. Lett fruktig og noe bitter humle. Supermarked.

DØE. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light spicy and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and mdoerate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 240513

50cL bottle. Pours a dark yellow, clear, with decent adhesion and a small persistent head. Aroma is medium-hoppy with a bit of skunk mentioned by other reviewers. Taste is balanced, fresh, with some stray barnyard and hay notes. Palate is very good, slightly oily texture, but still relatively crisp and a nice aftertaste. Good to drink all evening, I’d guess. I would if I had more than one. Far superior to "Old Speckled Hen".

Bottle @ DØE. Clear golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruti, grainy, vegetable, hop and a little straw. Flavour is malt, grainy, meidum sweet, hop, little straw, vegetable, little sweet, little thin and a little bitter.

Bottle at Ølfestival 2013. Clear amber coloured with a small white head Fruity aroma of caramel and hops with skunky notes. Fruity flavour of hops and grass. Hoppy finish.

Sample @ DØE. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, grass, straw and hops.

Bottle from a Hen House mixed quad purchased at Aficionado’s. Clear gold pour with a thick white head. Aroma of slight skunk, sweet malt and crisp hops. Malty and sweet flavor with some dank basement character and a creamy consistency before an earthy finish.