Yellow Tail
Wantsum Brewery in St Nicholas At Wade, Kent, England 🏴
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Score
6.18
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The nickname used by the French for the indigenous people of Kent during the Middle Ages, Our 5 Hop Summer Ale uses Hops from the Pacific North West of America, giving this beer a Citrusy, Fruity, Floral Aroma and Flavour, brewed with Pilsner Malt helps give a Soft Round Refreshing finish to this beer.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Mid-gold, clear with a large off-white head. Sweet aroma of fruit gummies, floral character, some plantain. Sweet taste, notes of apple, bubblegum. Bitterness follows but it's fairly mild. Medium body, low carbonation. Kind of artificial but overall fine.
Tried
from Cask
at
Blue Boar
on 18 May 2025
at 15:09
7/10
Don’t touch my ale! Lol
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2023
at 18:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden in the glass with a fine head Ok lacing Decent intensity in the aroma Balanced sweetness versus bitterness Ok duration Malty, fruity and mild citric flavor Quite decent and fine cask ale [Cask at Lion & Key in Hull, England] Brewery #2108
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2019
at 09:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath. Gold pour with a white head. Lactose, citrus and spiced fruit aroma. Similar action in the flavour with a splash of nuts. Nutty-bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2018
at 04:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at ABC Beer The Hague, 24/09/2015. Thanks. Hazed yellow / straw coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is delicate lemon hop, floral notes,some grainy malts. Flavour is composed of grainy straw malts, floral hop, light lemon. Palate is crisp , highish carbonation. Decent golde.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2016
at 15:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts Ratebeer evening ] - ABC Beers, Korte Koediefstraat 5, Den Haag, Netherlands 2511CE. [ As Wantsum Yellow Tail ].Unclear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, citrus, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150924]
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2016
at 05:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[9/24/15] Bottle sample at the pre-Borefts tasting at ABC Beers in Den Haag. Thanks everyone who shared bottles! Hazy golden. Aroma of stale hops. Flavor has malt, and bitterish stale hops. Light to medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2015
at 04:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
24th September 2015
Pre Borefts Tasting at ABC Beers, Den Haag. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Semi sweet thin malts. A modest lemony zing turning slightly sour. Light semi dry finish. Fine.
Pre Borefts Tasting at ABC Beers, Den Haag. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Semi sweet thin malts. A modest lemony zing turning slightly sour. Light semi dry finish. Fine.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2015
at 08:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at the ABC Beers pre Borefts tasting, 24/09/15. Lightly hazed golden with a moderate off White covering. Nose is pale malt, straw, lemon rind, citrics, vanilla. Taste comprises bitter orange, light funky vibes, straw, hint of yeast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stuff perhaps a mild infection but one that sexes this bier up a little !
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2015
at 00:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at ABC Beers Pre-Borefts Tasting, The Hague. Pours hazy golden orange with a ring white head. Aroma of light fruits and peppery saison yeast. Flavour is light to light moderate sweet and bitter. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2015
at 14:40