Two Cocks 1643 Cavalier

Brewed by Two Cocks
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Newbury, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask at Ascot 2012. Pours a gold colour with a thin white head, fruity aroma, taste is sweet, with a dry finish.

Bottle at home in London. Pours clear, bright yellow-gold with a fine, white cream head. Biscuity, lightly doughy nose, hints of buttery malts. Light sweet flavor with further biscuits, pale malts, touches of diacetyl thatenhance the doughiness. Light bodied with average to lively carbonation. Moderate dryness to finish, some bitter hay, plenty of dry biscuits, mild dough. Fine.

Handpull at The Cross Keys. Pale still-looking gold with a tiny white head. Floral/grassy aroma, some honey, mild alcohol. Taste follows, more grain, a tad sour - light mouthfeel, weak carbonation, a bit astringent, fading grassy finish. Meh.

Pint at the Royal Oak in Tilehurst. Golden, slightly opaque, with a short-lived head. Reasonable hop aroma. Tastes pretty reasonable, bitter and a little dry. Well hopped.

Cask conditioned at The Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Pale gold with white head. This was a light, summery beer, good bitterness to the point of astringency, but in a good way, grapefruit zest flavours, peachy, dry and lasting on the palate. Very pleasant.

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is sweet malts, some earthy notes along with nectar and honey. Flavour is quite similar in a good balance, but also is a bit more grassy hoppy, which helps the beer being not too sweet.

Cask-conditioned at Bucks and Berks Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol May 2012. Deep gold with a slight, off-white head. My notes extend no further that stating "decent citrus hops with a pleasant, bitter finish". Fine.

Cask @ Great Expectations. Pale clear gold. Fresh citrus hops aroma. More citrussy hops flavour, with a fairly low bitterness to finish. A bit of peach in there as well.