Caledonian Brewery Commonwealth Gold

Commonwealth Gold

 

Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
5.95
ABV: 3.9% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Official beer of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Hops from Australia, England and New Zealand... together with local malt... deliver a solid gold beer with citric soft fruit aroma and flavour, followed by lemon and soft malt finish.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

How: Cask.
Where: The Flying Horse Gatwick Airport.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, floral, a bit tea like.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Citrus, floral.

Tried from Cask on 04 Oct 2014 at 04:43


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

Cask@The Flying Horse, JDW, Gatwick (14/08/2014) - pours gold with a good white head. Aroma and taste is grassy and floral fruity, some citrus lemon, some herbal hoppy notes, pretty watery overall.

Tried from Cask on 10 Sep 2014 at 06:34


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Halfpint (cask) at JDW, The Flying Horse, London Gatwick Airport. Golden colour, thin white head. Very moderate aroma, some malts. Malty flavour, only a hint of citrus, very moderate hops.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2014 at 20:47


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask in The Hope. Pours golden with a thick creamy head. Not much on the nose. Taste is sweet malt with a bitter hippy aftertaste. Decent

Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2014 at 15:00


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear golden beer with a decent foamy head. Light malt aroma. Flavour is malt, bitter hop and sour citrus-y fruit.

Tried on 26 Jul 2014 at 08:04


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at SRAF... Amber... Thin white lacing... Soft dry cale toffee malt nose... Dull soft toffee fruit

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2014 at 22:00


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at SRAF. Pours amber, nose is floral toffee, taste is buttery, caramel, dry.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2014 at 03:22


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at The Scottish Real Ale Festival 2014. Aromas of butterscotch, caramel, and Caledonian house yeast. Chalky taste, sweet finish. Not great.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2014 at 03:05