Maxim Brewery Simcoe Kid

Simcoe Kid

 

Maxim Brewery in Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.67
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 18
This new golden ale, brewed exclusively for this Wetherspoon real-ale festival, has a tropical fruit aroma burst, leading to pleasing bitterness, with plenty of citrus notes, resulting in a long, refreshing finish.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Carnival Inn (JDW), Bridgwater Nov 2014. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: fruity hop, tangerine, peach, lemon, light floral. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, fruity peach, tangerine, grassy. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 01 Sep 2021 at 06:30


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the York Tap, York, UK. Pours hazy golden with white head. Light hoppy aroma. Fruity and light hoppy, malty base. Bitterish finish.

Tried from Cask at York Tap on 02 Jan 2015 at 17:02


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Bridge House JDW, Belfast [131114]
Amber, clear, dense white head, slight lacing
Aroma of dull citrus hops, soft sweet
Taste of soft fruits, very soft tropical fruits, slight peach, soft bitter hop, light sweet, dull hops
Palate - Light to medium body. Finish a bit dry.
Overall - Another ordinary Spoons beer.

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2014 at 14:47


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Deep but rather hazy gold with a moderate, long lasting white head. Strong bitter lemon and orange up front with a light but pleasant balancing caramel. Very long lasting fresh piney hop finish that gets quite floral. Definitely more an APA than a golden if you’re bothered about such distinctions. This is pretty good actually, and the more I drank the more I liked it. Yum.

Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2014 at 12:19


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at the counting house. Pours hazy pale gold, thin white head. Aromas of dusty hop pellets, light citrus. Taste is thin, light bitter. Forgettable.

Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2014 at 07:00


6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Slightly hazy golden beer with a creamy head. Not much aroma. Flavour is light citrus fruit with an almost banana-y hint. Feels creamy in mouth and leaes a light, pleasant bitter hop taste on the tongue.

Tried on 02 Nov 2014 at 07:01


8

Tried on 30 Oct 2014 at 11:24


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the crosse keys city. Aroma is nice fruity hop with tangerine, peach and lemon. Bit of floral character on the nose as well. Clear golden coloured pour with a loose lasting white head. Flavour is clean base malt, fruity peach and tangerine hop with a little grassy note in the back. Palate is medium light, moderate cask condition. Well brewed beer, clean cal ale ferment let’s the hips do the talking. More like an APA.

Tried from Cask on 29 Oct 2014 at 12:06


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Bankers Draft, Bedford. Of course I’m going to like something called the Simcoe Kid. And pumpclips never lie... do they? A respectable white head hovers over a dark gold liquid. Apple, peach, fabric conditioner on the nose. Definitely Simcoe. The taste is sweet and soft, with only a gentle tempering bitterness. More peach, almost Fuzzy Navel-esque. Mouthfeel is a bit too watery. This is good, though. Surprisingly good.

Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2014 at 12:31


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Victoria Station Spoons - London. Pours clear gold with a foamy white head. The aroma has some grassy hops, straw, lemon and tangerine, light bready pale malts. Light sweet flavor with dry pale malts, slight grains, dried flowers and grass, lemon rind, hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Decent bitterness on the finish, more grass, some dirty pine needles, more rind, balancing pale malt sweetness. Good little golden.

Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2014 at 11:10