Newcastle Founder’s Ale

Brewed by Heineken UK
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Edinburgh, Scotland

Serve in English pint

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A very nice English ale. Deep clear orange color, nice foam, good clean English ale aroma. Nice balanced taste with a little malty caramel aftertaste. Hops just in the background as they should be. Very refreshing, you could drink a lot of this. All of you out there expecting a hopped up American west coast citrus beer will be disappointed. This is traditional English ale, not an abomination of the style. If you cannot appreciate this beer, then your beer palate is not nearly as refined as you thought.

There is nothing more refreshing than a nice cold one after a long day at the office. Founders Ale is very refreshing, not too bitter just right love this beer. I clean out the shelve every time I go to the store.

Bottle. Pours red-gold_crystal cleaar and sparkling. minimal off-white head...Aroma is green herbs,grass..Feel is crisp. Flavour is slightly woody, herbal, It tastes "green" not unripe, but fresh, with a hint of mint in there. It tastes like the colour of the label looks. Very enjoyable, refreshing, clean...definitely a new favourite. Don’t understand the mediocre ratings for this beer.

Pours a clear copper with an off white creamy head that fades quickly. A distinctly dried apricot bouquet that acts as a spoiler for what will, ultimately, stimulate the palate. Lovely tangerine and dried apricot that drops abruptly to expose a mild tartness at the beer’s finish. Extremely drinkable beer.

Single bottle purchased from a small independent in Hanalei, Kaua’i on 04/10/2012. Colour: Medium dark with minimal head. Nose: Chocolate malt and lots of it. Tree bark and some earthy notes. Taste: Medium sweet, medium-light bitter, light sour. Wow, crazy smooth mouthfeel with warmed butterscotch and rice puddings, rye grain and malt. Slick and top notch stuff.

Bottle. Pours a bright copper with a short lived head. Aroma is sweet with a hint of hops. Flavor is smooth and well balanced with a hint of hops throughout. The minimal carbonation makes this beer a pleasure to drink. Break out the shepherds pie or bangers and mash to go with this one.

Bottle. Classic amber-colored beer with a thin but well-laced head. The aroma is sweet and lightly caramel. But the flavor is very much caramel-based, but very well balanced by a nice tight hoppy finish. I enjoyed this very much. (#4539, 3/25/2012)

Bottled. Poured clear, light-medium orange with a creamy, sticky off-white head. The aroma picked up clean, toasted caramel and bready notes with light, fresh floral and grassy hoppage around.. a kiss of honey right on the back of the nose.. I really enjoyed it. The flavor found bread and honey at the core, with fresh grassy bitterness around.. dry, especially toward the back with sweetness balanced well against the light bitterness. Lighter-bodied and crisp on the palate with moderate-plus carbonation.. good feel and flow. Well done!

Draft beer from TacoMac in Huntersville, NC. Pours a nice amber color with a light tan head. Aroma is very hoppy with some malt notes. Taste is all malt with a slight hint of the hops on the end. This beer is very smooth to drink and very easy drinking as well. I can only hope the beer bottle version is the same. Good beer.

355ml Bottle: best before 30 Apr 2013, opened on 12 Apr 2013 and poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard. Looked good, light amber going onto copper in body colour, on top a full head of white crowned it off nicely. I thought this had a malt bias throughout: something I like. The nose had a mild caramel hint within the aroma and that followed along within the mouth flavours. Hops are around giving the beer a balanced feel but this is a semi-sweet brew which fits my taste profile very nicely.