Sheepshaggers Gold
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.81
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The best beer baa none! An exceptional continental style beer with good body and refreshing aftertaste
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Oluthuone Leskinen, Oulu. Originally rated 28042012. Colour is clear golden with small head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, hops and malts.
Earlier Rating: 6/16/2013 Total Score: 2.8
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 05052012. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, honey and malts.
Earlier Rating: 6/16/2013 Total Score: 2.8
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 05052012. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, honey and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2013
at 03:42
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle shared with ClubGonzo. Is clear with a straw yellow color with a small off-white head. The aroma is slightly sweet with notes of hay, sweet candy and some pale malt and herbs in the end. The taste is very similar but has a higher proportion of spices. Mouth feel is a bit watery and bitterness is light. A little weak and boring golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2013
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Biggish offwhite creamy lasting head. Clear golden body with carbonation. Floral fruity aroma with strawy earthy notes. Dry-sweet strawy earthy fruity taste with floral notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish floral fruity aftertaste with smoky (?!) metallic notes. Nice, drinkable, interesting. Surprised by the smoke, but it does work. (0.5l bottle, Meny Strømmen Storsenter.)
Earlier Rating: 5/3/2010 Total Score: 3.1
Biggish shiny offwhite coarseish head. Amber body. Strawy floral aroma with fruity notes. Dry-sweetish floral aroma with fruity notes. Dry-sweetish floral strawy taste with dusty notes. Mild mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry buttery linoleum aftertaste ends in emptiness. Unusual finish, but a nice, drinkable, balanced beer otherwise. (0.5l bottle, RealAle.com.)
Earlier Rating: 5/3/2010 Total Score: 3.1
Biggish shiny offwhite coarseish head. Amber body. Strawy floral aroma with fruity notes. Dry-sweetish floral aroma with fruity notes. Dry-sweetish floral strawy taste with dusty notes. Mild mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry buttery linoleum aftertaste ends in emptiness. Unusual finish, but a nice, drinkable, balanced beer otherwise. (0.5l bottle, RealAle.com.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2013
at 11:08
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
0.5l bottle. Nice label. This one pours a crystal clear golden colored body with a small bubbly just off-white top. Lot's of grains and hay on the nose. Some green banana and thin caramel. Fair, but not a winner. It's lively on the carbonation and somewhat watery on the mouthfeel. Oh, boy this did not taste any good at all. Extreme grainy with a soft sour-fruity dusty undertone. Some soft bitterness in the finish and really mouthdrying in the aftertaste. Not a particular good or refreshing beer, but I like label and the name. 20.02.2013
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2013
at 23:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Bottle) Nice looking beer; very slightly hazy golden amber with a nice dense persistent white head. Little aroma; bready malty with an unusual hint that seemed cheesy. Medium body with pleasant carbonation, abundant and just slightly on the fizzy side. Starts with some fruity flavours with some honey like sweetness to balance and develops a rather metallic bitterness. Overall, it’s pleasant enough, but not special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 03:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask @ The Portcullis, Stirling. Pours a cloudy light amber in colour with a nicely proportioned head. The nose is a combination of the oatmeal aromas from the malt and a lemon citrus note from the hops. There’s more of the same on the taste with perhaps something floral going on too.The palate is medium bodied with a lovely creamy texture and a clean finish. Overall, incredibly drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2013
at 02:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle on the train from Edinburgh - 08/12/12. Clear pale golden with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is a tad limited, pale malt, grain, barley. Taste follows, light fruit, brief interlude of hops. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bitterness in the finish. Boring and or average!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2012
at 00:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ JDW Inverness 071212
Golden amber, clear, thin dense white head, some lacing
Aroma - pale caramel malts
Taste - pale caramel malts, spicy hops, cereal malts, sweet honey malts, some butterscotch
Palate - medium body, oily texture. Finish - fairly dryish, bitterish spicy hop with sweet honey malts
Overall - It isn’t one of my favourites from Cairngorm but it’s not bad...certainly above average
Golden amber, clear, thin dense white head, some lacing
Aroma - pale caramel malts
Taste - pale caramel malts, spicy hops, cereal malts, sweet honey malts, some butterscotch
Palate - medium body, oily texture. Finish - fairly dryish, bitterish spicy hop with sweet honey malts
Overall - It isn’t one of my favourites from Cairngorm but it’s not bad...certainly above average
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2012
at 19:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Cask at Black Door, 20121025) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had fruitiness, sweetness and malts. Palate was medium bodied and dry with low carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, grain, white bread, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A bit musty overall impression and the flavour I taste as white bread was not fitting here. Good aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2012
at 03:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask carry out from the Bitter End Off Licence, Bromley. Amber pour with a white head. Caramel and citrus aroma. Caramel and malt flavour. Sweet, malt finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jun 2012
at 07:10