Blond
Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group) in Wrington, Somerset, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.19
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A clean tasting, refreshing, easy to drink premium bitter. Made using the palest English malt (sometimes known as lager malt), with the addition of finest Slovenian Styrians and Czechoslovakian Saaz hops. A light and fruity beer with unmistakeable citrus notes.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@The Wenlock Arms, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, grassy and has a quite pleasant maltyness to it. Flavour is bready and caramelly malts along with mild floral and some grassy notes. Pleasant, but a bit one dimensional.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2013
at 23:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber with a slight, off-white head. Light hay and tangerine aroma, followed by cereal malts, some sweetish fruit and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
on 05 Jun 2013
at 04:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Bath University 26/05/2012. Clear gold in colour with a tight white head. Light, hedgerow hop aroma with a hint of peach and biscuity malts. Flavour began with some sweetish malts, before a touch more fruit and lengthy, bitter finish. Fine.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2012
at 11:57
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ Wetherspoons Elgin.
Typical golden ale appearance, straw-golden, thin white head.
Aroma of grassy hop with a harsh sort of rust metal.
Taste of bitter grass hop, some cereal, sweet light fruity malt, hint of butter.
Palate - Soft carbonation. Finish was rather sour, earthy metallic with lingering bitterness.
Overall - An average golden ale let down by a very poor finish. It might be ’end-of-the-barrel’ comparing my notes to other reviewers.
Typical golden ale appearance, straw-golden, thin white head.
Aroma of grassy hop with a harsh sort of rust metal.
Taste of bitter grass hop, some cereal, sweet light fruity malt, hint of butter.
Palate - Soft carbonation. Finish was rather sour, earthy metallic with lingering bitterness.
Overall - An average golden ale let down by a very poor finish. It might be ’end-of-the-barrel’ comparing my notes to other reviewers.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2011
at 13:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of malt and elderflowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and elderflowers, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2011
at 13:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Stockmann, Vantaa. Poured clear golden color with a white head. Aroma is citrus fruity mostly. Flavor is lemon and fruity hops. Slightly bitter finish. Refreshing, drinkable golden ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2010
at 13:09
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
16th April 2010. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Light pale malt with a little honey. Marmaladeish orange hop, not that bitter. Just a whisper of sulfur. Finishes dry with a little spicy bitter orange. Not bad.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2010
at 13:57
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Clear light golden colour, white lacings. Aroma is grainy and grassy, hint of hops. Flavour is grassy, a bit buttery, biscuit. Suspect these are the last pulls from the cask; don’t find it overly impressive.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2010
at 09:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. I rather liked this, a good example of a English style blond ale. Sraw in colour with a thin white head; grainy aroma; crisp citrus flavour with grainy undertones; and a sweet grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2010
at 06:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Pale golden to golden, hazy, small to medium sized lacy white head; moderate to solid noble-hoppy nose with a grainy-fruity background; soft, almost medium bodied, moderate to robust bitter-sweet flavour; lingering hoppy and lemony fruity finish, balanced by some sweet pale malt. Fine english Ale.....
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2010
at 01:01