Old Golden Hen
(has 2 batches)
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.85
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This light golden beer delivers both flavour and refreshment, brewed using the finest pale malts, and the rare Galaxy hop to give a light golden colour, subtle tropical fruit notes and a deliciously smooth finish. Old Golden Hen is perfect for all occasions and best served chilled. Available at 4.1% ABV in 500ml bottles and cask.
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5/10
Pleasant golden ale. Bottle at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2026
at 16:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
The ‘golden ale’ counterpart to Morland’s Old Speckled Hen, one of those famous old-timey English pale ales, launched in 1979 for a car factory and now – like this one – produced by Greene King’s. Tapped at Ma Cameron’s, the oldest pub in Aberdeen and a lovely place in my experience. Snow white, creamy, dense, tiny-bubble, medium sized head on a practically clear, deep golden robe with pale orangey tinge. Aroma of pronounced melting butter (diacetyl), barley porridge, pear peel, apple blossom, raw sweet potato, moist white pepper, plaster, wood glue and a whiff of damp cellar in the background. Restrainedly fruity onset, some green banana, unripe peach and vague persimmon, soft effervescence with very slick and creamy, ‘buttery’ body, the diacetyl effect continuing in the mouth but not unpleasantly so – at least if you can appreciate its presence in these British cask ales. Cereally finish gently yet efficiently bittered by floral and grassy hops, not harshly so, but enough to be quenching. Stereotypical and straightforward golden ale doing what it is intended for – an easy drinker of humble but pleasant flavours.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2025
at 17:48
7.5/10
Cask på The Courtfield i Earls Court - med Djurgårn på turné.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2025
at 06:20
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice golden pour, with a fluffy white head. A nice grassy, light citrus nose. Quite floral, some honey and paper. The body is a little fuller than i expected. Its not as crisp as i was thinking it would be, it seems muddled. The citrus is gone in the finish, and all thats left is subtle grassy hops, and some bready, muddled malts.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:34
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 4
Bottiglia. Al naso arrivano indizi di metallico. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e il modo in cui permane. Il cappello di schiuma resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di consistenza limpida. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è medio. L'amaro è discreto. La forza gustativa è appena percepibile. Sul palato si depositano sentori di miele, metallo, cereali, amaretto, erbe aromatiche, pasta e carta.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2025
at 11:46
6/10
Bready, malty, fruity
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2025
at 20:44
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2024
at 23:10
6/10
Light and malty
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2024
at 22:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Lidl Culemborg. Clear dark golden with a thin white head. Breasy aroma with some citrus. Sweet taste with a low bitter finish. Typical malt-centered English ale. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2024
at 19:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
[May 2022] Certainly looks the part, clear and golden with a creamy white head and slightly floral hoppy nose. Creamy, floral, hoppy and nicely bitter, with a slightly fruity light malt backbone
Tried
on 14 Nov 2023
at 22:51