Phoenix Double Gold

Brewed by Phoenix (Oak Brewing Co.)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Heywood, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask (handpump) @ Bow Bar, 80 West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 2HH.

Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, toffee notes, light to moderate hoppy. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101029]

Cask at Victoria station Wetherspoons, London. A golden coloured pour with virtually no head to speak of. Fruity, hoppy aroma. Tastes malty, fruity, rather dry, bland. An instantly forgettable ale to be honest.

Cask - Victoria Train Station JDW, London. A clear, golden amber beer with a medium sized & lasting off-white head. Sweet malts, tangerine and hoppy citrus aromas. Good, lingering dry grassy - almost piney - bitterness and a nice orange balance leading the charge. Moderate carbonation for cask, light to medium body and a biting, lingering hop finish.

Cask conditioned handpump Lord Moon Of The Mall Whitehall. A blonde beer with a loose white head. There are citrussy and grassy hops in the aroma together with a sweet honey like note. Bitter and grassy in the mouth. Didn’t taste fully fresh but still acceptable.

Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Aroma of biscuit malts and some fruits. Clear golden brew, white head. Taste of malts, some hop bitterness. Dry and bitter finish. Well drinkable.

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 22/05/10. Deep gold in colour with no head. Butterscotch aroma with some citrus hop. Sweet, diacetyl laden flavour, with some orange fruit and hoppy, dry finish. Unbalanced.

Cask handpull, The Baron, Hinckley. Bright gold; pure white drum of head, lace like Gillette. Weak pine aroma. Immediately chewier and more coniferous than the Darling Buds, but plenty of quenching hop character; spruce and sherbet, big clout of parting IBUs. Malts weigh in with softening peanut and corn-like afters. Too much corn actually. Basically a clean, characterful and hopped-up lager. Pretty good, but too chewy for a session.

Cask (Liberty Bounds JDW,London) - Golden in colour. Hoppy and fruity aroma. Bitter tasting with some lemon and spicy malt notes. A bit flat and disappointing.

cask JDW Banbury ...amber ... light hop ... bitter bitter bitter drying little grapefruit

Cask in the new Crown. Aroma is sweet pale malts, noteable alcohol hotes, grassy buttery character. Taste is similar, buttery, sweet pale malts and alc clearly showing.