Newcastle Bombshell
Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.55
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An Englishman’s first love is his brown ale. However, in the summer he often fancies blondes instead! With this inspiration, we’ve created Newcastle Bombshell, an English style blonde ale. The combination of Cascade, Hellertau and Northdown hops balance this golden coloured ale’s light aroma and bitterness with toasted malt to ensure a silky smooth finish. After one sip of this brew, we’re sure you’ll agree she’s a real bombshell.
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8/10
As a tribute to arsenal losing tomorrow.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2024
at 16:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Golden color with a finger of white head. Nose is moderate, sort of reminds me of the brown, a nutty and roasty base with faint hops. Sort of has that same nutty and malty taste as the brown, but less of it. It would be safe to say I’ve had better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2014
at 18:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was basically a light to semi-dark yellow/blondish color. Light transparency allows some carbonation to be seen rising at a moderate pace. There was some light lacing trickling into the beer.
The smell had an earthy dry light nutty aroma to start but ended up letting in a fairly aromatic fruitiness surrounding it.
The taste was mainly sweet with a fair allocation of the fruitiness to coincide nicely. There wasn’t any aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The sessionability was there. The carbonation was good.
Overall, I say this was a decent golden/blonde it’s just not a standout.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was basically a light to semi-dark yellow/blondish color. Light transparency allows some carbonation to be seen rising at a moderate pace. There was some light lacing trickling into the beer.
The smell had an earthy dry light nutty aroma to start but ended up letting in a fairly aromatic fruitiness surrounding it.
The taste was mainly sweet with a fair allocation of the fruitiness to coincide nicely. There wasn’t any aftertaste nor finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The sessionability was there. The carbonation was good.
Overall, I say this was a decent golden/blonde it’s just not a standout.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2014
at 19:39
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Clear gold with a white head. Aroma is citrus and toasted malts. Light biscuit flavor with a slight citrus finish. Light and easy going. The citric notes were a bit too intense without the required bitterness to help it fit in. A bit sweet in the back end. Decent.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2014
at 11:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Never seen or heard of this brew in the UK, so when I saw it on the tap list in the Burger Bar, Las Vegas I thought I had better get myself a pint and I did! A thin white head sat on top of the light amber body of the beer, it looked OK rather than awesome. Malts lead the way in both the aroma and taste with the hop content happy to balance out any true sweetness. Easy drinking and non offensive summertime brew, nothing to get excited about and although I enjoyed it, my taste buds were not required during the drinking of the beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2014
at 07:16
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Pours pale gold into a Sam glass. Bright white head with little retention recedes to skim surface. Sour malt aromas. Soft with sour cooked vegetables and caramel front to back. Nasty
Tried
on 30 Jun 2014
at 15:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at my parent’s home. Poured a totally clear golden yellow color with a medium sized, foamy white head. aroma was light malt, touch of sweetness, a little bit of earthy character to it. Flavor was sweet light malts. Crisp, drinkable, but I’d rather just drink their brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2014
at 10:33
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle picked up at The Grapevine
Pours clear golden with a medium sized frothy white head and good lacing. Aroma is bready, grassy and honey. Taste is grassy, bready, spicy hops and citrus
Decent, but wouldn’t order another
Pours clear golden with a medium sized frothy white head and good lacing. Aroma is bready, grassy and honey. Taste is grassy, bready, spicy hops and citrus
Decent, but wouldn’t order another
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2014
at 22:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Skunk, pecan, grassy noble hops, and a touch of honey on the aroma. Clear golden, thick head. Pecan initially, honey at midpalate, peanut butter finish. Light body, low bitterness. Interesting transitions and very nutty for the style. Fair amount of character. Lower quality than a typical British golden ale, but not really that far off.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2014
at 12:28
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
This beer isn’t a bombshell, but my wife did drop a small bomb on me when I was drinking. Only that she wanted to buy a new coffee maker despite the current one being perfectly fine. That plus we were down to our last $100 and this thing cost $50. I’m like - hey let’s wait, we have to make this money last 10 days! But we got the coffee maker anyway. This pale, lightly grassy, mostly boring blond ale did nothing to make me feel better.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2014
at 10:12