G40
WEST in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.99
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G40 is a shining example of a Golden Ale. A perfect mix of wheat and aromatic malts give a fuller body and a beautiful backbone of bread like malt sweetness. The fusion of hops (Herkules, Cascade, Chinook and Saaz) balance the beer with bitterness and deliver a big hit of fresh citrus and tropical fruit. Left unfiltered G40 pours hazy to the eye.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating - A 330ml bottle my wife got me in Scotland. Poured at home in Jersey. It's bright amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of tropical fruits, citrus, caramel, banana, bread & wheat malt. Medium body. Mild to medium bitter finish. Enjoyable without been anything special
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2025
at 20:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Tesco, Irlam. Golden coloured as you might expect with a head. Has a mild fruitiness as hops and a slight over carbonation are the subduing factor here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2023
at 20:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from M&S, the Gyle, Edinburgh. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light citrus and tropical fruit, light caramel. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2022
at 16:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Tesco, Aldershot. Sweet floral citrus aroma with a resinous hoppy punch. Opaque copper gold. Thin creamy white head. Medium bitter. Grainy. An underlying hint of butter that then disappeared. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. One noted. Hoppy enough to avoid being bland but not a particularly good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2020
at 19:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle. Pours orange gold with a medium head. Aroma is straw, caramel and citrus. Taste has caramel to start with a soapy lemon finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2020
at 20:28
6/10
Tried
on 02 Jan 2020
at 17:16
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
[33cl bottle from Tesco, Warfield.] Belgian style bottle giving an amber pour with a thin cream head; malty aroma with a trace of orange; malty taste to start, then developing a strong herbal bitterness that is not entirely pleasant; leading to a dry resinous bitter finish. Not at all what I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2019
at 21:52
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
What would have been a bland but serviceable blonde is ruined by an absolute pig of an aftertaste. It's a mildly zesty, hoppy golden thing with a very bitter almost metallic-y finish. Far from West's finest work.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2019
at 23:11
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle at home... Dark amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet metalic caramel toffee nose.. Over fizzy.. Sweet caramel toffee fruit.. Very very very bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 09:16
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Aldi. Clear golden with a foamy white head. Aroma is citrus and cereal. Flavour is dry, lemon and some herbal flavours. Not great
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2018
at 23:40