Amarillo
Crouch Vale Brewery in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
7.11
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A superb premium golden ale with wonderful aromas of Amarillo hops and a lasting spicy and orangy flavour. Cara malt provides a little burnished colour, but the light body belies its strength.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ London Drinker Beer Festival 2014. Quite a nice drinkable blond ale with a good dose of citrus.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2014
at 10:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask @ Christian Firtal, Odense, right after a fantastic beer tasting in Ulfborg, just before I finally headed home. Pours clear golden with stable white head. Clear aroma of hops, with hints of citrus and fruit. Intense, bitter aroma of hops, with citric and grassy notes, and leafy touches. Rough, bitter aftertaste. Low carbonation. Uhmmm... a really good Golden Ale on cask...
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Nov 2013
at 05:32
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden yellow with a very thin white head. Aromas are mostly butterscotch, some citrus. Taste has a light bitterness, more sweetness of a caramel type. More butterscotch. Medium bodied, gentle carbonation. Finishes a bit cloying and soapy. Bottle-conditioning would have improved this immensely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2013
at 13:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
50 cl bottle from St. Pancras Station café. Drank in Groot Begijnhof. Bright golden color with orange tints and a low, bubbly head. Wonderful Amarillo nose, oranges, peaches, lightly tropical. Light bready malt stays in the background. Somewhat sweet biscuity malt flavor with nice hop flavors, fruity, some hay. Very nice showcase. Lightly carbonated, somewhat oily. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2013
at 05:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden color. Creamy white head. Big crisp hoppy fruity nose. The Amarillo really shines. The mouth has a decent back bone but it is a full on hop assault. Very well balanced. Light bodied. Very well executed and basically flawless for what it is trying to be.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2013
at 09:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 0.5l at home (via alesbymail. BBE Nov/2013. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, honey, bitterness and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 05:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
50cl bottle shared with Dutchdrebus. Clear orange golden color, small to medium sized white to off-white head. Smell malts, lightly hops, blossom. Taste malts, lightly hoppy, blossom, lightly fruity and decently bitter. Very nice. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2013
at 13:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thx to benzai. Clear golfen yellow colour with a small white head. Smells malts, hay, distant hops. Tastes malty, hay, sugary sweet. Low carbo, medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2013
at 12:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, fruity hops, pineapple, peach, grapefruit. Flavor is malt, light caramel, fruity hops, tropical fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation, lasing bitter finish. 030313
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2013
at 06:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Spora piana, ale znika błyskawicznie. Kolor miedziany i klarowny. Chmielowy zapach, wyraźnie czuć ten amerykański chmiel Amarillo. W smaku także dominuje ten amerykański chmiel. Wytrawny i goryczkowy finisz
Tried
on 20 Feb 2013
at 11:12