Amarillo Gold
Saltaire Brewery in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.54
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wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Amarillo Gold from Saltaire Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
[cask, Back of Beyond, Reading] Supposedly a wheat beer; very pale and completely clear. Taste is mouth-wrinklingly bitter. Soon a strong citrus sharpness emerges, but without any of the associated citrus flavours. Bitterness dominates in the aftertaste. Like no other wheat beer I’ve tasted - because generally I like wheat beers, and I hated this.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Amarillo Gold from Saltaire Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Pale straw with a trace of white head; sour grain aroma; buttery flavour with some underlying citrus; grapefruit bitterness to finish. (4/3/6/3/12=2.9) [Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell, as Saltaire Amarillo] I'm not sure this is the same beer. This time it's a pale amber pour with a tight cream head; peachy aroma; soft peach fruit taste with a smooth grainy body; and a herbal bitterness to finish. Good. (6/4/7/3/13=3.3) 30Mar2019
Downender (11275) reviewed Amarillo Gold from Saltaire Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 30/3/08. Pale gold with a tight white head. Citrus and pine aroma and flavours with a touch of sweetness. Drinkable but served too cold.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Amarillo Gold from Saltaire Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at Thomas Beckett, Canterbury. Gold with disappearing white head. Some amarillo. It’s a bit sherberty in mouth. Standard golden/blond beer. Not great condition. Bit of sweaty sox. Probably better when 100% fresh, but I would still want a lot more hops thrown at it.
Fin (18365) reviewed Amarillo Gold from Saltaire Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[i] [b] Cask, handpump at The Bell, Banbury, Oxon 18-02-08 [/i] [/b] Firstly I’m not convinced with this being a wheat beer, it comes across as more of a pretty decent golden ale. I will add that a few others from North Oxon CAMRA branch struggled to get much in the way of wheat either, but should someone wish to change the style I’m fine with that. This didn’t come out with the big citrusy nose that I was expecting but the more that I got down my pint the more citrus I started to pick up from this. Wonderful clarity and more golden than straw coloured, nice white head, the grapefruit and bitterness starts to take hold the more I get into this pint and I have to say despite my problems with the commercial description this is really jolly decent, a much softer amarillo hopped beer than I’ve had before and it takes a little while to works its magic. Maybe it has got wheat in it and maybe they are softening things on the hop front, whatever it’s really rather nice.