Trade Winds
Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore, Highland, Scotland π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Wheat Ale Regular|
Score
6.36
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Award winning new recipe. A light golden colour with a high proportion of wheat and corn giving it a clean fresh taste on top of which there is masses of hop, fruit and citrus flavours with elderflower on the nose.
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9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask conditioned at the 32nd Cambridge Beer Festival, gravity dispense. Golden colour, moderate natural carbonation. Lovely INTENSE hoppy aroma - fruits (citrus), honey, flowers. Flavour is extremely pleasant and well balanced with a citrussy hoppiness throughout. One of the best session beers Iβve had.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2005
at 12:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask conditioned at NERAX 4/28/2005
Light yellow, butter colored beer, with a bit of white head, quickly dissipating to bubbles. Aroma of soft vanilla and lavender. Flavor is "really good and malty for how light it is" or so say my notes. Not much wheat apparency, surprisingly light bodied but not sourish at all. Hints of cream and sugar, soft, tingly carbonation. Great aroma that shows you can have a light, floral aroma without a hugely hoppy flavor. A bit watery, but to be expected I suppose. 7/3/7/3/14
Cask at NERAX on 5/3/07
As others say, I dont pick up on the elderflower, but this is a lovely beer with a wonderful nose full of mandarin oranges (though not that sweet). Just wonderfully unique and how they get that much juicy, but not aggressive hop character in to the nose is beyond me. Clean, as well, but the wheat struggles to keep up the bright, perky nose...
The flavor suffers a bit (I think) from the wheat/corn, and seems a little bit chewy/thick. While itβs still fairly well attenuated and has a good sense of hoppiness, I think this would better work on just a regular blonde ale or bitter malt bill. Good carbonation somewhat ameliorates the problem however. A touch of diacetyl on the finish, perhaps? Still great stuff. 8/3/7/3/14
Light yellow, butter colored beer, with a bit of white head, quickly dissipating to bubbles. Aroma of soft vanilla and lavender. Flavor is "really good and malty for how light it is" or so say my notes. Not much wheat apparency, surprisingly light bodied but not sourish at all. Hints of cream and sugar, soft, tingly carbonation. Great aroma that shows you can have a light, floral aroma without a hugely hoppy flavor. A bit watery, but to be expected I suppose. 7/3/7/3/14
Cask at NERAX on 5/3/07
As others say, I dont pick up on the elderflower, but this is a lovely beer with a wonderful nose full of mandarin oranges (though not that sweet). Just wonderfully unique and how they get that much juicy, but not aggressive hop character in to the nose is beyond me. Clean, as well, but the wheat struggles to keep up the bright, perky nose...
The flavor suffers a bit (I think) from the wheat/corn, and seems a little bit chewy/thick. While itβs still fairly well attenuated and has a good sense of hoppiness, I think this would better work on just a regular blonde ale or bitter malt bill. Good carbonation somewhat ameliorates the problem however. A touch of diacetyl on the finish, perhaps? Still great stuff. 8/3/7/3/14
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2005
at 15:13