Whitewater Solstice Ale

Formerly brewed at Whitewater
Style: Bitter
Saintfield, Northern Ireland

Serve in English pint

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Cask@GBBF2007. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, wooden, hoppy and slightly nectarish. Flavour is very bittery fruits along with some wooden and hayish hints.

Cask @ Crown: Clear golden, almost no head, Nice notes of hops, spices and flowers. Flavour is bitter and bitter finish. Soft mouthfeel.

(Cask as Solstice Pale at The Crown Bar, Belfast, on 2008-06-29) Pale amber. Clear. Small white head. Strong aroma of hops and some malts in nose. Medium-bodied and dry palate. Hops, salty liquorice and fruitiness in taste. Lots of bitterness. Bit one dimensional.

Golden amber ... sweet hop ... watery fruity ... little hop ... some malts too thin but ok.

(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug 2007) Dark amber, almost copper colour. Fruity nose with a solid malt background, hoppy notes of grapefruit and pine needles. Fruity taste with blood oranges, grapefruit and pine needles. Fairly sweet, medium to light body. Drinkable but hardly exciting.

Cask at GBBF08. Weak fruity aroma. Hazy golden colour, small stable frothy white head. Good fruitiness in the flavour, there is also some strange tea note and a medium bitterness. A bit strange, that teaish spice note.

Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with floral hops and caramel notes. Ends bitter.

Cask (GBBF2010)
6 floral and hoppy, some light grains
3 Gold, small head
6 Light fruity bitter taste
4 Refreshing at first, drying later.
12 Not saying I didn’t like it, but I certainly wouldn’t session it.

Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a golden amber color with a small white head. Fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hints of hops. Long malty bitter finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 2   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : 3 Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 3   Hay : XX   Toasty : 1   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : 2   Cereals : 1   Grainy : 3
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Spicy : 2   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : 3   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 3   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 2   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 2   Mineral : 3   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Straightfoward, grainy bitter with competent bittering hops, but also a weird albeit small alcohol kick.