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3340
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Brewed by Old Bear
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Keighley, England

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unknown

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RATINGS: 24   MEAN: 2.87/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.84   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Regular.
This is a light golden ale, refreshingly enticing with a pungent hoppy taste but with a lemon tangy fruit aroma which comes from the complex blend of four hops, one being northern brewer, leaving a clean wheaty citrus flavour on the palate.


highest score

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
JonMoore (1581) - Loughborough, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - OCT 17, 2006
Cask handpump at Fanny’s Ale House, Shipley. Golden colour with a large white head. Citrus hoppy aroma. Hoppy flavour, with a nice bitter finish. Very good.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 23, 2010
Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some grass, hops and mild herbal notes. Flavour is nectary, fruity, mildly spicy as well as some bready malts.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
maeib (7542) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - NOV 25, 2012
Cask conditioned handpump Eastgate Northampton 16/11/12 A golden coloured beer with a whitish head and lace. Fruity and bitter with lots of hops. Some sharp tropical fruits. Tasty.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
anders37 (12708) - Malmö, SWEDEN - FEB 21, 2011
Cask @ GBBF 2010. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with hints of citrus in the aftertaste.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
leaparsons (7069) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - JAN 13, 2006
Cask, Derby Winter Fest 06. Pale gold with a small head. Aromas are sweet lemon, butter, grapefruit and hints of sulphur. Flavours are very hoppy, lots of bitterness. Not much in the way of malts a touch thin in the middle. Helped by a very bitter finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DJMonarch (9153) - Northwich, Cheshire, ENGLAND - AUG 28, 2010
UPDATED: MAY 27, 2011 1. Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 04/08/2010 Floral aroma. Golden coloured pale and hoppy with a hint of dryness in a bitter malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Masons Arms, York 16/04/2011 Malt and hop aromas. White head. Golden coloured hoppy and bitter with a hint of dryness in an earthy malt finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
fonefan (29292) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JAN 30, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear light medium yellow color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, fruity, light to light moderate hoppy, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (5187) - Bristol, Gloucestershire, ENGLAND - SEP 22, 2007
Cask-conditioned at the White Lion, Bristol, 22/9/07. Pale gold with a slight off-white head. Aroma of citrus and grassy hops. Flavour started lemony before a big finish of spicy (almost peppery) hops. Good.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ungstrup (26250) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - JUL 18, 2011
Cask at GBBF 2010. A hazy golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruits on a lightly malty background, leading to a lightly bitter finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
MesandSim (7118) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 8, 2008
A Mes rate: Gravicask at Ealing Beer Festival.
pale gold with a thin white film. Strange big caramel, dusty, some hops & fruit. Not much going on and certainly nothing too special.


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