Scarlet Macaw
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.78
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Cask ABV: 4.4%. Bottle ABV: 4.8%.
Juicy, exciting fruit flavours before an intense bitterness as sharp as a Macaw’s screech.
Hopped with: Summit and Amarillo.
Juicy, exciting fruit flavours before an intense bitterness as sharp as a Macaw’s screech.
Hopped with: Summit and Amarillo.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml bottle sampled @ Cardinal. Clear golden body with a medium sized off-white head. Quite nice citric aroma, peaches, yeast, flowers and fresh cut grass. Light malt flavor with fruit, flowers and a slightly metallic bitterness. Medium body and pleasant aftertaste. Nice and refreshing, perhaps a bit plain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2015
at 12:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Fra flaske på Cardinal Mi2 feb-15: klar gylden med kort skum. Humlene er Amarillo og Summit, og det er lett å være enig i bryggeriets beskrivelse: "tart gooseberry and soft peach on the nose. Gooseberries and fruit to taste". Jeg tilføyer engelsk bittermarmelade og et lite spor av naboens katt. Birdie num-num med bare 4,8%.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2015
at 07:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.8%. Brewed with Summit and Amarillo hops from the Yakima Valley. Deep golden colour, moderate white head. Fairly strong hoppy aroma, notes of pine and spruce forest after a rain shower, also hints of grapefruit. The flavour is medium dry, with a fairly moderate but still quite sharp bitterness, lasting throughout the long and dry aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2015
at 13:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rerating. Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 15.11.15. Cleear dark golden. Off-white head and lacing. Fine aroma of malt, grass, flowers and a hint of citrus. Citrus, bitter marmalade and malt in taste. Perhaps also a hint of orange chocolate. Bitterness lingering on. Good drinkability. Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 23.02.15. Clear, dark golden. Small, off-white head. Slightly metallic aroma, with grass, flowers and a hint of citrus. Citrus, bitter marmelade marmelade and malt in taste. [6/2/6/3/11 = 2,8]
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2015
at 13:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at staggs bar. Pours clear amber, nose is tropical fruit, caramel, taste is sweet, light, dry, bitter toffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2015
at 08:04
6/10
Tried
on 16 Feb 2015
at 22:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16.9 oz. bottle into a Stella glass BB date smudged but appears to be a cpl months past. A: 3.5 Amber/orange slightly hazy appearance. Poured to a small tight eggshell head. Lacing retention is good in the center of the beer and edges of the glass. Little lasting visible carbonation. I like the color. S: 3.25 Slight fruity bite on the nose with a malty backbone. Interesting balance. T: 3.0 Immediate citrus pith whether orange or grapefruit. The same malt bready sweetness is still in place but the pithy hops seem to dominate. Not bad and kind of different but more hop complexity would have been good. Not to tone down the hops but just to add another dimension. The citrus pith gets a bit old after a while. M: 3.5 Saves this review. A little soapy, very slightly chewy both of which I like. Carbonation is subdued but there and enjoyable. Surprisingly not much of a lingering aftertaste. I’ll call this a positive in this case. Does go down good! O: 3.25 A surprising and different brew. The hop taste is too one dimensional. I like the citrus punch but too much astringency inside. Low 4.8% ABV says sessionable but I don’t think I’d like to drink many of these in one sitting. Overall, nice and glad I tried it but not one I’ll return to.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2015
at 11:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a slightly hazy orange/golden color, topped with a decent and quickly settling white head. Malty aroma, some nice and easily picked up fruity notes also here, as well as some caramel. The taste starts sweet, but soon a rather strong bitterness kicks in. Still, very drinkable and enjoyable.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2014
at 04:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 4.8%. Mild lemony and grapefruity aroma. Hazy golden colour. OK stable white head. The flavour is grapefruity at first, turning quite malty. Nice spicy hop finish. Good mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 08:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Ales By Mail. Pours clear golden with airy but stable off-white head. Clear aroma of fruit and hops, with touches of yeast. Bitter, hoppy flavour, with fruity and malty notes. Lingering, bitter afteraste. A little decarb, possibly because it is several months aftert the BBD. Still, quite okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 08:16