Otley Croes-O

Brewed by Otley
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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I’ve had this one before a few times. However, the last time I had it, it was just marvelous. Got it at the Bunch of Grapes (an Otley pub) in Pontypridd. The looks are light and golden, the aroma was VERY floral and fruity. It was light and hoppy in taste, very aromatic. It just tasted incredible, much more so than what I remembered. I was also having it after a Raging Bitch (8+% abv), so I thought I wouldn’t taste it, but after the first sip cleant my palate, the hops really came through on this one. I just can’t complain, hoping to get some in cask in summer... absolutely cracking...

Cask at the Albion, Winchester. Pale amber with a ring of loose cream head; aroma of tropical fruits and pineapple; soft and grainy and rather thin with a citrusy taste, perhaps sweet grapefruit; then a dry and biscuity finish. Yet another grapefruit blone - my second today.

Cask at the Cask, Pimlico - 21/08/12. Clear pale blonde with a thin off-white head. Sweet malt nose, straw, earthy, slightly pissoi. Taste follows nose with citrus tones and honey. Medium bodied, slightly thick feel for 4.2% followed by tarte dry finish.

UPDATED: JUN 8, 2012 Cask @ Nags Head. Faintly hazy pale gold. Floral fruity hoppy nose. Grapefruit bitterness. Nice refreshing first beer of the afternoon.

Cask@Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival 2011. Golden colour, minor white head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, some honey and vanilla. Flavour is kind of the same in a smooth balance. Balanced and tasty golden ale.

Draught at the Bricklayers Arms, Putney, 8th April 2011. Light gold with a hint of white head. Soft grapefruity hop on nose and tongue with good malty balance. Good mouthfeel, not watery but lacks carbonation. Decent mix of sweet and sharp but not likely to pry you away from your favourite golden ale.

Cask in Southampton Arms. Very pale clear golden beer.Nose is fragrant floral, sweetness, barley grain, lightly citrous. Taste is malt barley grain, lightly citrous lemon, some nice sweetness.

Cask at the Duchess of Cambridge, London. Pours clear yellow with a small, bubbly white head. Gorgeous aroma, all pale grass, zesty citrus and straw. Decent flavor, lightly sweet, some more light grass, twangy lemon, mild pale malts. Pretty dry on the finish, some lemon rind, toasted straw and grass, moderate sweetness. Very nice easy drinker.

Cask @ The White Horse, Parsons Green SW6. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus finish.

Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 29/12/2011. Golden in colour with a slight white head. Tropical fruit, a touch of lemon and creamy malts, with grassy hops and a dry finish. Good.