Northern Light
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.91
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Named after the lights of the aurora, regularly viewed in our northern skies.
Citrus flavours combine with hints of fresh bread: giving way to spice, citrus and apricot hoppiness. It has a delicious crisp hop character without being overly aggressive. Perfectly refreshing.
Hops: Perle, Hersbrucker, Saaz
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Malted Wheat
Citrus flavours combine with hints of fresh bread: giving way to spice, citrus and apricot hoppiness. It has a delicious crisp hop character without being overly aggressive. Perfectly refreshing.
Hops: Perle, Hersbrucker, Saaz
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Malted Wheat
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6.5/10
Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Pale golden colour with a white head. Fairly dry and fruity.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 07 Feb 2026
at 12:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Old rating from 04-05-15 - 500ml bottle, pours see through golden with white head. Aromas & tastes of sulphur, citrus, lemon & hops. Moderate body. Light bitter finish. Disapointing
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2025
at 17:54
6/10
RB score 2.95
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2025
at 01:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and citrus in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with an underlying unpleasant taste that I can’t put my finger on. Flavour has malts, citrus, mango and grapefruit with hints of melon and tropical fruit coming through later leading to a somewhat dry finish. This is OK, but a bit “meh”.
Tried
from Cask
at
Borough Arms
on 01 Mar 2025
at 00:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Clear gold colour lasting white head. OK golden als. Some citrus some straw. Light bitterness. Pretty ordinary. Touch of diacetyl maybe.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2024
at 14:29
3.7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Guildford Arms, Edinburgh, Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: bready malts, caramel & lemon hints. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, pale malts, lemon hints, light grassy. Light bodied with soft carbonation. OK
Tried
from Cask
at
Guildford Arms
on 13 Sep 2023
at 21:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle. Pours a bright clear amber with moderate head. Aromas of earthy toasted malts and fresh bread. Flavors of sweet fluffy malts with a little fruitiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2023
at 21:22
10/02/1999. COUNTING HOUSE, 2 St. Vincent Place, GLASGOW, Strathclyde, Scotland (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 01 Mar 2023
at 05:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours slightly reddish gold, clear transparent, with pretty fine white foam. Aroma is malty and earthy, some caramel. Body and carbonation are average, but actually with quite a mouthful. Taste is medium-high bitter, continuing also in the final.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2022
at 19:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @Luppolo Station (Rome). Dorata, velata, schiuma bianca media, discretamente persistente. Al naso note di biscotto, leggero erbaceo, fruttato, floreale. In bocca è equilibrata, attacco maltato leggero con chiusura amara delicata. Corpo leggero, carbonazione soft. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2020
at 12:13