Draught @ The Rover. Pours tiny hazy pale golden with a frothy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is floral, tiny herbal and hoppy with white read, crackers, grapefruit juice, orange zest, pineapple, black currant leaves, gooseberries, grass, pine and hints of resin. Taste is tiny sweet, bitter as fruity with crackers, grapefruit juice, pine, freshly cut grass, dark grapes, gooseberries, lemon zest and unripe currants. Mouthfeel is crisp, dry, tiny astringent and light bodied. Finish is dry and bitter with grapefruit rinds, pine, grass, lemon zest, unripe berries and crackers. Hoppy and nicely refreshing.

Draught Ölrepubliken 2012-10-05 Göteborg AR: tropical fruits, AP: hazy dirty honey yellow, frothy yellow white head F: tropical fruity, fizzy, grainy, grape fruit bitterness

Bottle 660ml @ Christianssand Brygghus, Kristiansand
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus and pine. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a rather short citrus fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.

660 ml bottle @ Christianssand Brygghus. Practically clear, pale golden body with a nice white head. Weak but nice aroma of grain and fruit. Flavor is much the same as expected from aroma, light malt, grain with a light fruitiness and moderate bitterness. Medium body and a bit short in aftertaste. Decent and quaffable, but not outstanding.

Bottle at Christianssand Brygghus. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma is citrus, malt, hop, fruit. Flavour is citrus, malt, hop, fruit. Medium body. Ordinary beer.

20th August 2012
On tap at the Black Heart, Camden. Hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Smooth palate, softish but with mild fine carbonation. Dry. Minerals. Mild grapefruit - tangerine hops with subtle tropical fruits underneath. Trace of melon. Semi crisp finish. Easy going pale ale, tasty and light.

Sampled from 66cl bottle at Beer Enthusiast release party, Håndverkerstuene. Pours clear, pale golden with a nice, white head. Hoppy and fruity aroma with malt, yeast and hints of peach. Medium sweet and lightly fruity with a quite dry, lightly hoppy and pleasantly bitter finish. Refreshing and easy to drink.

Draught@The Cock Tavern, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, caramelly and mild earthy notes with some slight nectary notes as well. Flavour is fruity, wooden, floral, grassy and quite herbal as well. Rather bitter finish.

Cask (handpump) @ Port Street Beer House, 39-41 Port Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M1 2EQ.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, grass, cat piss. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120122]Earlier Rating: 7/19/2011 Total Score: 3.8Cask (handpump) @ Southampton Arms, 139 Highgate Road, London, Greater London England NW5 1LE.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, toasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, lime. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus lemon peel, hops, citrus lemon. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101203]

Cask at The Old Red Cow, London. Pours clear yellow with a weak, white foam head. Has a bit of straw on the nose, with notes of melon and citrus fruits. Medium sweet flavor with big and juicy citrus, quite a bit of melon, grapefruit and pineapple, light bitter grass. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with lots of juicy citrus and tropical fruits, touches of wheat and dough. Very refreshing.