2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Pours golden with a meidum head. Some sweetness, but very thin overall.
3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Teviot, also at Cloisters. Orange/golden amber with a small frothy white head. Light bready grain on the nose. Palate is dry, bready malts and hint of zest with a dry finish. Perfectly drinkable, if unexciting session.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Regular cask at Cloisters. A golden ale with a thick white head. Aroma of caramel, musty honey and yeast. Flavours of musty honey and yeast again with some barley. Very dry finish. Not my favourite.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at Thomsons, Edinburgh 7/06/2011. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Slightly jammy citrus fruit, creamy malts and a dry finish with a trace of lime. Fine.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 29, 2011 Re-rating. Was a bit of a hard marker the last time. It pours beautifully and there’s lovely dried fruit on the nose this time. Overall, a well balanced palate and very tasty.
Previous rating 07/03/11 6/3/6/3/12 = 3
Slightly muesli on the nose. A light golden ale in appearance. Grainy on the palate and a tiny amount of grapefruit on the finish. Average structure and texture. A good ale that is balanced but not as exciting as their other brews.
Re-rate from 5 litre keg (first rate was 2.5). This beer opitimises balance!
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2011 [cask at the Blue Blazer, Edinburgh] Nice golden colour with a decent head. Dry and hoppy with a decent range of flavour for it’s relatively low abv. Always think this is more a pale ale than an IPA, it’s just hot hoppy enough. Stewart’s best-selling beer, and I can see why – much more preferable to Deuchars IPA. Just don’t order one thinking you’ll get something from the Pacific NorthWest - this is a session-strength British IPA all the way (i.e. a golden ale with a few more hops in) [17082008] re-rate 03032011 - an early Stewart rating, on reflection it’s just too insipid to merit a 3.5 - re-rating to 3.1 although my comments still hold
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask drank with Craig and Andrew. Pours a cloudy copper with a thick cask head. The aroma is light fruit, some aromatic floral hops. The flavor is very nice; a smooth creamy palate with some fruit, light bitterness, dry and mellow. Nice.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hand pump at Last Post, Paisley on Friday 28 May 2010 - very pleasant sweet golden ale of relatively low alcohol content - an excellent session beer
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