8 Sail Brewery King John's Jewels

King John's Jewels

 

8 Sail Brewery in Heckington, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.13
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
A Golden Ale originally brewed to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and the death of King John the following year.
 

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

A clear golden beer with a big white head. Aroma of vegetables, pale malt, flowers. Taste of vegetables, lemon, pale malt, grains, high carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2025 at 21:05


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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Rocky white head on a clear golden coloured body.
Sweet fruity aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp clean back.
Sweet malt, earthy, boiled sweets & citrus tastes with a bitter finish.
Standard.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2025 at 17:41


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

On cask at 8 Sail Brewery Tap in Heckington - Hazy amber with no head. Floral hop, grassy, drying fruitiness.

Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2024 at 16:06


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

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured an murky orange with a bubble white head. Aroma is fruity, light berry. Taste is light bitterness, fruity, very drinkable.

Tried on 30 Jul 2020 at 20:01


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

11/7/2020. Bottle at the NCFC relegation party, bought at Beers of Europe. Poured clear golden amber with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, fruit and flowers. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Increasing bitter citrus finish. Bit watery but otherwise ok.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2020 at 10:55


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers Of Europe. Appearance - golden amber with a slight haze. Nose - flowers with an edge of caramel. Taste - caramel again, definitely sweeter than the nose. Floral honey. Palate - light bodied and slightly sweeter on the end than preferred. Overall - nose better than taste.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2020 at 16:59


4.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

25th November 2017
Clear gold - amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin malts bring a very modest sweetness. Pretty tangy dried fruits, on the road to becoming sour. Some grainy malt on the dry finish. Yeah - the box this one ticks for me is appearance.

Tried on 28 Nov 2017 at 11:20


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Tried on 02 Dec 2016 at 09:22


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle: BB Jan 17, poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 28th Sep 16. Slight haze to the golden body, large and lasting white foam blanket on top. Yeasty and hoppy with light biscuity malts pushed back by the overall bitterness of the piney hops. Over chilled, it had very little aroma until it began to warm a little in the glass, the hops then giving off their resinous nature, mild floral and citrus esters too, but not much.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2016 at 08:12


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried at the Lincoln beer festival. Golden colour. White head. Date and aroma ha citrus hops. Nice beer fest beer.

Tried from Cask on 21 May 2015 at 23:00