Oakham JHB

Brewed by Oakham
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Peterborough, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Drank from the bottle on a train (no glass unfortunately) but what the hell I’ve had gallons of JHB in the past! Bottled version masquerading as M and S Cambridgeshire Summer Ale @ 4.2% ABV. It’s usually pale golden with a light haze and a small to medium white head. Now for the bits I can review to a more reasonable standard! Citrus hops on the nose allied to a little biscuit malt and fruit tones. Tastes of sweet caramel, citrus fruit, hops a little orange, light grapefruit and some herbal qualities. Medium bodied, a little more carbonation than the cask version but still a decent feel bearing in mind I was taking this straight from the bottle. Great beer, will re-review on cask in time.

(on tap) Clear yellow with decent head. Aroma of lemon and malt. Light body, medium carbonation. Light lemony floral start with some decent bitterness in finish. Overall a nice beer.

NIce, golden colored bitter that takes a classic English style and makes it stronger. Always worth a pint if you come across its path in the UK.

Bottles from b&m Chester-le-Street, Tesco, Cambridge and Binns, Darlington. A very pale golden ale with citrus, tropical fruit and light floral hoppy flavours and a dry, fruity finish.

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2012 Tap at Barton Arms; great golden ale not as good as the inferno golden slightly hoppy great.

500ml bottle - a golden pour, reasonably good white head, which lasts quite a while. Aroma is nice and delicate, flowers and citrus, with a nice tangy bite. A refreshing after taste of grapefruit makes this a nice rounded pint. Very good!

Handpull at The White Horse on Parsons Green. Clear gold, average off-white frothy head. Aroma and taste simple heather, honey and hay, slightly sweet but finishes dry and grainy. Very light body and carbonation but had a surprisingly long dry bitter grassy/earthy finish. So this is the famous JHB - a solid bitter session pint.

Excellent refreshing golden ale from a great brewer. Pour golden with a well balanced citrus aroma, flavour is a dry refreshing grapefruit with a lingering bitter aftertaste. Just right for session drinking on a warm summer day.

Fantastic session beer - biscuity malt dominates with a real strong hit of dry, bitter hops. Excellent balance, really enjoyable.

Very clear golden colour with a thin white lace. Hop citrus fruit, jelly baby aroma. Citrus hop flavour with some musky notes. Pleasant beer, musky finish and overall quite floral.