Knops California Common

California Common

 

Knops in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  California Common / Steam Beer Regular Out of Production
Score
5.73
ABV: 4.6% IBU: 32 Ticks: 40
Colour: Deep Golden
Aroma: Clean, slightly woody, slight hints of spice.
Flavour: Initial malt sweetness balanced by bitterness, light toffee notes followed by a lingering secondary bitterness hit that is refreshing rather than overwhelming.

Food Pairing: Spicy foods and barbeque...of course!
 

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6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from the Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Gold pour with a white head. Honey and citrus aroma and flavour, some light sweet spice and caramel notes too. Bitter-sweet linger. Not too bad.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2015 at 14:17


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

Bottle at home. Pours copper, nose is floral, toffee, taste is grassy, sweet, toffee.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2014 at 06:17


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle at the Night of Garbage, picked this up at Tomlinsons Inverness, 20/12/13 up a shit load of stairs ! Clear golden amber with little in the way of a head. Nose is paper and to be fucking specific a telephone directory that’s sat on the back porch for a week or two, hay, enamel, dull caramel. Taste comprises paper, very faint citrus, grass, pretty muted all round. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, crisp closure. This was drinkable, no defects per say, jsut a complete lack of any flavour ... dull dull dull !

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2013 at 14:17


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle at the Night of Garbage, thanks to Colin? It pours pale golden-amber with a tiny bubbly head. The nose is pretty limited.....sweetish, toasty, sugar paper and light popcorn. The taste is oily, sticky, sweet, grain, dull toast, toffee, and cereal. Lightish body, low carbonation and sticky mouth-feel. Poor condition. Really pretty dull and so-so

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2013 at 07:55


4.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle @ Home. Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, butter, little grassy hops. Flavor is malt, grain, caramel, butter, grass. Medium body, average carbonation. 181013

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2013 at 11:32


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is pale golden. Aroma and taste are butter, grass, malt, straw and hops. Dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2013 at 10:24


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, butter and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 171013

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2013 at 10:24


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle, 4.6%. Clear golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, toffee and butter. Flavour is malt, caramel, toffee, medium sweet, little butter and a little bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2013 at 10:23


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle shared at home. Pours pale gold with a good white head. interesting nose, but a touch of butterscotch. Floral British hops, vague hints of citrus. Then it goes all bready/toffee malt.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2013 at 08:40


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Aroma: Weak aroma of citrus, wood and pale malt.

Appearance: Clear amber body with a medium white head that slowly fades. No visible carbonation. Good lacing.

Taste: Summer fruits - strawberry and peach - with flavours of grain and caramel. Low bitterness.

Palate: Thin body with an oily mouthfeel. Flat carbonation.

Overall: A reasonable beer but not one I’d seek out to have again.

Tried on 09 May 2013 at 03:55