Red Squirrel HopFest

Brewed by Red Squirrel
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Hemel Hempstead, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Oct 2012 - draught in ’The Boots’ St Albans. Hoppy as advertised, tasty.

Gravity at the the fullerians rugby club bree fest. Crystal clear pale colour floral hop Cif. Chalky. Stale nutty musty malt. Hop bite to finish.

Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.

Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy to frothy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toasted, light moderate hoppy, mango. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120503]

Cask at the Half Moon, Windlesham - 27/11/12. Hazed golden pour with a thin white head that soon clears to a fine edgeing. Nose comprises hops, apples, pale malt. Taste follows, orchard fruits, hops. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bitter finish. Nowt special.

Cask at The Wellington, Nicholson’s, London. Pours hazy yellow with a very tight, white cream head. Juicy, sweet orange aroma with some hay, dough and straw. Medium to heavy sweet flavor with wet, almost dank hay, some dry and grassy bitterness, lightly crunchy, doughy malts. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sticky sweet finish with white sugar, doughy malts, some bitter straw, a little bit of musty grass. OK.

Despite the name, this is actually a very subtle flavoured beer that is very light and very very drinkable. A pleasure.

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some floral notes as well as mild breadyness. Flavour is fruity, floral, herbal and mildly wooden notes. Pleasant.

Archetypal Anglo-American with strong citrus aroma, a long bitter finish and flowery taste; perhaps a more robust body than some of its ilk, but still a very good refresher on a warm summer’s day.

(Cask at Dog & Duck, Soho, London, 22 April 2012) Golden amber colour with creamy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, grass, hay and biscuity malt. Fruity, malty taste with notes of grass, citrus, biscuits and a herbal (almost like hemp) bitterness in a fairly dry finish. Light body, quite dry. Tasty and nice.

Cask in Dog & Duck. Amber colour, clear. Nose is big zesty lemon and lime, some malt sweetness. Taste is citrous, zesty lemon, lime, touch of grapefruit. Sweet and citrous sour but nice balance.