Cosmic Dawn
Big Smoke Brew Co. in Esher, Surrey, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.29
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West Coast Pale
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6.5/10
Cask at Ascot 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2026
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Festival pint at Hole In The Wall pub, in London, England. Cask pour. It pours a mostly clear gold color with a small white head and good retention. Hoppier than anticipated aroma. Thankfully, this pale ale flavor is not as hoppy tasting as the aroma. Like a lot of the cask ales, it's pretty mellow overall. It's also fairly "British warm." Medium-light body. Low carbonation as expected for a cask pour. Light to moderate bitterness, but it's a soft bitterness. Overall, the taste is decent, but sadly, the higher serving temperature is a bit of a turn-off.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Hole In The Wall
on 01 Sep 2025
at 21:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[October 2022] Very slightly hazy pale gold with a frothy/creamy white head and a soft citrus nose. Has a sharp little citrus kick up front, light biscuit malt with subtle tropical fruit in the background and a hint of dry bitterness.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2024
at 11:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Railway, Streatham, London (28/10/2022) - Fruity light nelson character with white grape and gooseberry, sweetish malts, lovely soft cask carbonation, pine needles, hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2022
at 21:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 10
Cask @ Foxglove, Islington. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. Has a candy-sweet tropical fruitiness, which is less stated in its hoppier nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2021
at 13:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Merchant, CW, 16/01/20 Light hazed golden orange with and off white cap that dissipates edgeward. Nose is tangerine, straw, bread dough, melon. Taste comprises mellow citric flesh, airy malts, melon, tangerine, grass. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close kissed with moderate hop bitterness. Passable cask pale.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2020
at 17:59
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2020
at 14:27
6/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2019
at 14:49
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Albion, Kingston. Nil aroma. Light gold. Thin bubbly white head. Light bitter. Some spice. A fruity sweet citrus edge. Light bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry finish. Bland - but would it have more life on keg?
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2019
at 15:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Third, gravicask, shared with Finn at Twickenham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear golden body, filmy layer, clingy lacing. Ripe citrus smell, hints of peaches. Citrus and peaches to the taste profile followed by leafy hops bitterness towards the ending. Fair enough. (24.10.2019).
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2019
at 18:50