Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - straw. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finsh. 250512

Pint, hand pulled in the Wrekin Inn, Wellington Shropshire diring Oct 2011. Golden, but dull: on top a poor excuse for a head, just a thin wisp and collar from the start. Slight malty aroma, toffee and caramel hints, all minimal. The taste was semi-sweet with some small hop bitterness later in the mouthfeel. There were citrusy notes in the bitterness and earthy biscuits from the malts. A strange beer all round, pleasant enough but not really putting its mark on anything, run of the mill, average in all aspects to be honest. Pity, it had travelled a long way from home to be consumed in Shropshire, maybe the journey didn’t suit it?

Cask@The Bree Louise, London. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is toffee, fruits, some resin, mild spices as well as quite fudgelike. Flavour is bigtime malts, some leathery notes as well as toffee and spices.

Pours gold with a small fading head.Nose shows faint caramel and floral notes. Pretty subtle.Flavours include nutty malt, caramel and faint vegetal notes. Again, pretty restrained.Body feels a bit watery.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is little citrus, bit malty. Flavour is sweet malted, slightest of fruits, some bread. Mediocre.
Earlier Rating: 5/19/2009 Total Score: 3.2
Bottled @ Peckham’s Beerfestival. Amber colour, off-white head. Nose of caramel malts, wood. Flavour of caramel malts and fruits. Fairly bitter finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Stag (Cask) on 20 Aug 2009 at 07:08 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Cask @ 3 Judges. Amber colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, brwon sugar, hint of vanilla? Flavour of roasted malts, caramelized sugar, coffee. Interesting, developing brew. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sheepshaggers Gold (Cask) on 24 Aug 2011 at 05:18 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Cask @ 3 Judges. Copper colour, off-white head. Nose is caramel malts, bit of wood polish, bit hoppy. Flavour is caramel malts and fruity. Some sweetness upfront. Slightly bitter finish.

Bottled 500ml (BZ, BB 04/2012)
Golden color, small white head, some lace. Citrusy and bready aroma. Light bodied. Crisp, refreshing palate. Quite citrusy flavor with some pineapple fruity notes. Typical Golden Ale, more likely better from cask.
Earlier Rating: 9/9/2010 Total Score: 2.8
Bottled (BZ, BB 05/2011)
Clear golden color, small white head, some lace. Lemon, pale malty, slighty bready, yeasty aroma. Light to medium bodied. A bit sweet front. Some lemony hoppyness with pale malty backbone. Lame finish. Decent at the best.

bottle from Bierzwerg. Clear golden colour, large white head. Malty, slightly fruity with a spicy hoppy finish. Solid ale.

Bottle at John Bull. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is grain, fruit. Flavour is apple, malt, hop, fruit, grain. Medium body. A little bit boring.

Bottle at John Bull, Aalborg. It’s a brilliant clear golden beer with a minimal white head. Grainy nose with a fruityness. Quite pleasant but nothing more. The flavor is fruity and with some grains and a little bitterness. Pleasant fruity and bitter finish. Drinks easy, don’t impress. 101204
Earlier Rating: 4/6/2008 Total Score: 3
Bottle at YNWA, Kolding. There’s a little hazyness in the beer, but it’s almost clear. Golden color and a minimal white head. Malty and bready nose with a little fruityness in the background. The flavor is much the same, malty and bready with a little fruityness. Not much bitterness detected. Medium body and a long finish. Some bitterness though, but as expected, not much. Would be nice with some more hops in it, as it is now, it’s only yet another refreshing session beer. (080229)