Pictish Brewers Gold

Brewed by Pictish
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Rochdale, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask at The Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, ’The Peoples Republic of South Yorkshire’ on the Valley of Beer Day 16-08-08 Pours gold with a white head. Tasty beer that leaks tropical fruit flavours, sily smooth bitterness which is held in check by the honey sweetness, nice creaminess, lovely flavourful beer. Aren’t Pictish great, my third Pictish on the bounce, admittedly this one was my dad’s but I had quite a bit of it.

Cask at the Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, on RateBeer Valley of Beer Crawl ’08. Pictish beers only penetrate as far south as Bedford when in a Festival, so I was determined to try some more while up north. This was gold with a white head. Slightly buttery aroma. Creamy, biscuity taste with some fruity sourness. ’Silverstone beer, not Rockingham,’ said haddonsman eloquently. When asked to supply another adjective, inspiration had clearly deserted him, for, in place of that fine motorsport metaphor, all he could come up with was the somewhat pedestrian ’acceptable’. At this point SilkTork began to heap criticism on Mes’s new trainers.

Pale half pint at local beer festival. Taste is dry hops, some malt and a slight after taste in a bitter finish. Fairly average pint, not special.

Gravity cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 6th Feb 2008. Golden colour with some head. Fruity, hoppy aroma with vanilla hint. Taste is similar - but with some wheatiness too. Palate is decent - overall this is an enjoyable beer.

Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2004) One of Pictish’s earlier brews, and one of the reasons they have such a high reputation for their beers. Beautifully crisp sharp grapefruity citrus aroma. Taste follows, but also has a grainy malty body. Long hoppy bitter finish. Best of the Fest, for us.

I don’t know what it has to do with the Picts but it was quite incipit. I expecte dmore from this kind of beers.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 1     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 3   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 2   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : 2   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 1   Grainy : 2
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : 2   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : 1   Grassy : 1   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : 2   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : 2   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 3   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Well-balanced, grainy, crisp and mineral golden ale.

Blackfriers. Aroma is immensly hoppy, typical of the hop citrus grassy and drying. Taste is similar very bitter and citrus, loads and loads of flavour, yee haa!

Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium yellow color with a small, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, bread, corn, sweet. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is fruity hops, some grass and slight grass. Flavour is the same along with sweet nectar in a nice balance. Pleasant, but still quite boring.