Yardbird (Cask)
(Batch of Yardbird)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.25
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4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask at Carters Tap. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of butterscotch, oat biscuits. Taste is pretty grim, astringent, sweet, buttery. Thin finish. Hard to like.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2016
at 02:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Part of my 2013 backlog, and tried at the Three Stags Bebbington. Amber colour with a thick head. Aroma has fruity hops, Taste is sweet malts and citrus fruit.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2015
at 10:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap @ the Raeburn Hotel. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - grassy/herby with a bran biscuit background. Taste - citrus and grassiness. Again there is a biscuit thing going on behind it. Palate - light to medium bodied with a light creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a decent pint alright, though not sure it makes me think American Pale Ale. Works well as an English pale ale though.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2014
at 14:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Amber-copper colour. Not really much aroma. Taste is actually more English, at least in terms of the bitterness and chewy malt balance. Nice beer.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2014
at 19:40
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at Lloyd bar. Pale amber, scum head. Cardboard caramel oxidised. Thin palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2013
at 14:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Tilly Shilling (JDW), Farnborough. Hazy amber with a dense cream head; grainy aroma; served a touch too cold for my liking - even though it’s a very pleasant summer afternoon; the body is sweet and grainy, with a good level of fresh grassy bitterness that kicks in immediately; this turns out to be long lasting and lingers over a sweet digestive biscuit finish. A rather good effort from GK - more please!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2013
at 07:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Christian Firtal. The best bitter I have had in a long time. Good of GK to take some inspiration from American brewing to brew such a fine bitter. Slightly hazy dark golden with a small white head. The aroma has toffee and breadcrust, fruity currant and raspberry notes and a touch of grass. Dryish malty flavour with fruity character, some grass and nettles and a mild bitter finish. Refreshing and very tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Apr 2013
at 12:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at The Wharf, Aalborg, Denmark
Deep blond color with small head. Very simple aroma, light malt. Totally flat, no vibe, a bit oily (and too warm); simple flavor, with moderate bitterness, and a light metallic feeling; very light grassy touch too.
Poor.
Deep blond color with small head. Very simple aroma, light malt. Totally flat, no vibe, a bit oily (and too warm); simple flavor, with moderate bitterness, and a light metallic feeling; very light grassy touch too.
Poor.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2013
at 08:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear gold with a fine, frothy white head. Has a fairly stabdard GK nose, some citrus, bready malts, white bread. Light to medium sweet flavor, simple white bread, some hay, mild grass and dry citrus rind. Light bodIed with fine carbonation. Good condition. Mild sweet finish, some smokey leaves, light toasted white bread, a bit of citrus and hay. Really basic stuff, but not altogether bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2013
at 14:48