Dancing Duck Brewery Sapphire

Sapphire

 

Dancing Duck Brewery in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.18
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Nice fruity aroma with a lot of citrus flavours, orange, lemon and pink grapefruit with a spicy finish.

Previously known as Arriva Sapphire
 

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Tried from Draft on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48


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

No mention of 'Arriva' on the pumpclip, just Sapphire. 8th Feb 2019, cask pint, hand-pulled at Codsall Railway Buildings. Light golden body, clean and clear, white crown. Hoppy little number, fruity with a mild sweetness throughout,

Tried from Cask on 10 Feb 2019 at 06:51


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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Dancing Duck / Arriva Sapphire ].Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, cookie, dought, sweet malt, biscuit malt, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, biscuit malt, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 5-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2018 at 15:46


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty weak citrus finish.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jul 2017 at 01:29


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Catching up on ratings from GBBF 2016. From cask. A basic golden ale, very much a meh...

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2016 at 13:56


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

34 - cask at GBBF 2016... Golden amber.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet herbal lemon fruit... Soft sweet sweet lemon fruit

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2016 at 09:43


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

Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear yellow color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly butter, lightly hops, moderately bitter. Decent body and average carbonation. Meh.

Tried on 13 Aug 2016 at 13:55


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gbbf. Klares hell goldgelbes Bier. Geruch nach hellem malz, leicht hopfig. Geschmack mild hopfig bitter zitronig, getreidig.

Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 08:23


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Maidenhead Beer Festival, July 2016. A different description to that given here - and no mention of Arriva as a collaborator - "Nice fruity aroma with a lot of citrus flavours, orange, lemon and pink grapefruit with a spicy finish."

A pale amber pour with a loose white head; aroma of orange peel; orange juice taste with some sweet grapefruit; then lightly bitter; with a lingering juicy citrus finish, with traces of spicy Kentish hops. Rather good and satisfying.

Tried from Cask on 29 Jul 2016 at 09:43


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

Aroma is a comfortable mix of malts and hops. Has good head and clear orange body. Flavour is smooth hops with a soft hazelnut finish. Okay on the mouth. Drinkable but boring.

Tried on 16 Jul 2016 at 04:28