Northern Light
(has 2 batches)
Orkney Brewery in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.89
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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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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A golden beer with an almost medium and white head. Aroma is fresh and aromatic, lemon, some fruits and dry malts. Taste is quite dry and biscuity, some aromatic citrusfruits, hint of honey, nice grassy and elmony bitterness. Nice taste but it’s too mild. Light bodied, slightly harsh carbonation. Nicely fresh, but the flavours are too mild.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2013
at 09:51
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle @ DØE Meeting. Pours light yellow with a white head. Aroma of malt, light corn, hops, light courness. Flavor is malt, corn, notes of butter, light fruity hops. Thin body, lively carbonation. 211112
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2012
at 01:04
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ Wetherspoon, Elgin 190711
Appearance - Straw colour, clear, frothy white head.
Aroma - light grape hop.
Taste - cereal malt, some bitter grape hop, bit of grass. Bland.
Palate - Mildly bitter, acidic cereal fininsh. Metallic sourness.
Overall - An only average golden ale spoiled by poor sour finish. Not good.
Appearance - Straw colour, clear, frothy white head.
Aroma - light grape hop.
Taste - cereal malt, some bitter grape hop, bit of grass. Bland.
Palate - Mildly bitter, acidic cereal fininsh. Metallic sourness.
Overall - An only average golden ale spoiled by poor sour finish. Not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2011
at 11:47
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draught at the Kilmartin Hotel. Pours a hazy golden colour with a decent head which stays. The nose has honey and pale malt. The taste has toffee and pale malt. The palate is not bad- medium in structure and texture with an almost clean finish. Overall, a decent ale.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 09:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
50cl bottle. Poured golden color with a frothy head, nice lacing. Aroma is malt and citrus hops. Flavor is similar, fruity hoppy, zesty, with a sligtly bitter finish. Too thin though, not much flavor in finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2011
at 05:22