3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Burton Winter Fest 07. Golden with a white foam. Aromas are sweet hops with lemon and some soap. Flavours are biscuit malts with nice sweet hops. Has grapefruit and lemon fruitiness. Fizzy on the palate. Pleasant.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 30, 2007 1. Cask Handpump at the Crown Inn, Stockport 24/01/2002
Straw golden coloured with pale and fruit aromas. Some citrus flavour. Full hop finish.
2. Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 18/09/2004
Golden coloured and smooth on the palate with a pale aroma. Dry slightly bitter finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the Wilkes’ Head, Leek 04/11/2006
Some sour fruit aroma. Clear golden and fruity with some acidic taste. Slightly bitter finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Knockout. Lemon curd body, tight white head, really zippy lemons in the taste, almost fizzes on the tongue, certainly one of the best golden ale I’ve had this year.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Kingston beer festival. Hoppy and light, tasty, zesty citrus rind and floral hops as the main flavours, quite light in ABV, but decent amount of flavour. Drinkable stuff.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very pale gold colour - a bit anaemic looking. Aromatic - at first I thought there were Cascade or First Gold hops, but I see it uses German lager varieties. The flavours are citric and a little sharp, but the finish settles down to be clean, gentle and lasting. The body is a mite thin, but it makes a decent thirst quencher. I rather liked this. Cask (gravity), Thurrock Beer Festival.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask Conditioned at The Wilkes Head, Leek, Staffs. Pale yellow light ale with frothy head. A sharp resiny flavour, thin and acidic but with some floral hop, dry notes. Lemon peel, zest, too sharp really.
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