Hawkshead Brewery Windermere Pale (Cask)

Windermere Pale (Cask)
(Batch of Windermere Pale)

 

Hawkshead Brewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.89
ABV: 3.5% IBU: - Ticks: 89
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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the King's Head, Leicester. 3.4%. Mid-gold with the tiniest of haze as it settles. Small off-white head. Suggestions of grapefruit, tangerine, passionfruit and pineapple in the scent. Taste starts a little sweet with floral and tropical fruit notes, but turns quite bitter quite quickly. Notes of honey and more tropical fruit in the finish. It feels a trifle artificial but otherwise good.

Tried from Cask at King's Head (Black Country Ales) on 23 Jan 2025 at 17:26


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half pint from the cask at the Kings Arms, Cartmel. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of marmelade, citrus, hints of tea, biscuit & hops. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2025 at 22:15


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Telford’s Warehouse, Chester (at 3.4%). Pours a pale straw with a small almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is yeasty with citrus and a hint of floral hops. In the mouth it starts off sweet and tangy before rapidly become quite bitter with citrus and grapefruit flavours. Later on floral hops come through as well, plus a hint of spice Finish is dry and quite sticky. It’s OK, but there isn’t really much to it.

Tried from Cask on 04 May 2024 at 21:52


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

Cask at the Craven Arms, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with an everlasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, tropical citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, fresh, yeasty, citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Impressive and very sessionable.

Tried from Cask at Craven Arms on 03 Jan 2022 at 22:20


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

Cask at Tapas Bar, Darlington. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of citrusy hop. Taste is biscuity malt, with citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry metallic bitter finish. Quite OK

Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2020 at 17:08


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

Taster @ Manchester beer fest 2020. Bitter, pithy, tangy, citrus & hoppy tastes.

Tried on 25 Jan 2020 at 14:17


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Agricultural Hotel, Penrith. Sweet, resinous and surprisingly full-bodied for the body. Lemon, clementine and a touch of peach. Just enough fresh grassy drying bitterness in the finish to balance it. In my previous rate I was bemoaning the paucity of session bitters in UK pubs these days; maybe if more of the golden ales that have taken over were as good as this one I wouldn't miss bitters so much.

Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2019 at 00:25


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Pint from cask at Gatwick Airport 25.10.18. Clear pale golden. Dense and persistent off-white head and lacing. Fruity aroma and taste, with American hops, lemons, marmalade and candies.

Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2018 at 19:28


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear light golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet citrus and light malt. A sweet light malt and citrus taste; sweet oranges and lemons with a citrus peel bitter finish.

Tried on 23 Oct 2018 at 16:53


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

Cask @ Amber Rooms, Loughborough. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 161018

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2018 at 18:45