Skinners Christmas Fairy

Brewed by Skinners
Style: Bitter
Truro, England

Serve in English pint

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29th December 2007
On tap at the Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Fruity if slightly sour bitter. Citrus tang. Not much bitterness. Crisp and drinkable.

Cask Conditioned handpump King Billy Northampton. A copper coloured beer with a thick white head and lacing. The aroma has biscuity malts and light lemony hops. The hops are fuller in the mouth where there is a decent body. Again mostly biscuity, and not bad at all.

Cask at NWAF 2009. A hazy pale golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, yeast, and coriander. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.

Cask gravity, The Crown, Nuneaton. Dusty gold with white specks of halo. Fine, musky hop-scented aroma dabbling in apple and orange. Bag of good things; fresh biscuity Rich Tea malts, red apple, tropical and orange citrus. Robust dry linger softened with soggy dunked biscuits. Nice.

Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a malty nutty caramel aroma with some fruity hints. Has a fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy bitter hints. Fruity malty hoppy bitter finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

Cask (handpump) @ The York, London, England.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, grapefruit, orange - madarin. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090102]

A Mes rate. Gravicask at National Winter Ale festival. Copper colour with a thin white head. A very standard blend of bready malt and fruity hops with some late bitterness. Run of the mill at best.

Cask (Cricketers, Southampton) - Amber in colour. Hoppy and malty aroma with some grapefruit. Lightly hoppy taste with tea and lemon.

cask in Stockbridge bar edinburgh ... amber ... big fruity hop nose ... light hoppyness that i dont like... soft fruit.... little grassy.

Handpulled cask at the Duke of Hamilton, Hampstead. Amber with a white head. A smooth well balanced bitter with a malt acent. No particular yuletide specialities. Quite drinkable though.