California Common

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.

Lively golden beer with a frothy head. Aroma is quite hoppy and the flavour is a mild, slightly underwhelming honey. Pleasant enough but nothing spectacular.

Bottle at home in London. Pours lightly hazy, yellow-gold with a fine, white foam head. Some bready malts in the nose with a bit of ham. Medium sweet flavor with a lot of smoked ham, some bread, touches of honey, very mellow leafy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Fairly sweet to finish with some more ham, lightly toasted bread and smokey malts, faint cereal, low bitterness. This kind of tastes like a rauchbier (honestly!) and in that regard it is actually pretty good. I’m really not sure what’s going on. But it’s pretty alright. (3.5)

Bottle shared at the Night of Garbage. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose has some caramel, bread and paper. Light to medium sweet flavor with grainy and doughy bread, faint metal. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with grainy bread, light dirty hay, some citrus. Meh. (2.8)

A light texture but with a deep taste which is mainly its bitterness. Wheat based aroma with a lingering aftertaste.

Bottle from Alesela BBE Apr 2012
Amber, clear, thin frothy white head
Aroma of light spicy hops, hint of lager saaz hop, pale malts, light caramel malts, hint of biscuit
Taste of light caramel malts, light spicy bitter hops, touch of honey, bit yeasty.
Palate - medium carb, quite thin body, light bitter malts, slightly oily texture. Finish - moderate bitter, bit of biscuit
Overall - The bottle was near its BBE, wasn’t fresh tasting, taking that into account it seems quite a reasonable beer...needs a re-rate

330ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is bread, vanilla and fruity malt. Taste is bread throughout. Fruity malt bitter finish.

Cask-conditioned at the Blue Blazer, Edinburgh 7/06/2011. Deep gold with a slight white head. Light, fruity aroma with a touch of caramel. Flavour had some mandarin and apricot fruit with a hint of spice and lightly bitter finish. Ok.

Bottled at RBESG 2010 Grand Tasting. An amber beer with an orangey head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and metal. The body is light.

330 ml bottle. Fine, dark golden body with a thin white head. Aroma is malt and some hops with a hint of butterscotch. Flavor is sweet malty, some caramel, slightly harsh bitter and more butterscotch. Medium body. Drinkable, but a bit plain, sweet and probably on it’s way downhill regarding the butterscotch flavor.