Corncrake
Orkney Brewery (Sinclair Breweries) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.25
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Corncrake is an irresistible golden ale. New world hops compliment the biscuity pale malt, to provide a thirst-quenching ale, with fruit flavours of lemon, apricot and peach.
Hops: Columbus, Styrian Goldings
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Malted Wheat
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at home with Barbecue, 3rd July 25. Pours clear and blond. Aroma is light straw and light floral. Taste is fine, straw, citrus and floral, just an easy drinker
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Klar gylden med offwhite skum som varer. Aroma eple sitrus malt humle. Smak malt gjær gress sitrus fersken. Fyldig, soft, lett fruktig og lett bitter. Fra Cask
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Old rating from 23-03-15 - 500ml bottle, pours golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, apricot, orange, caramel, biscuit & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Passable golden ale
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe, online. Pours a glowing orange-gold with small white head, decent lasting top. Aroma is floral, grassy, light toffee malts, metal, hint of fruitiness. Taste of toffee, biscuit, metal, grass, light zestiness and stone fruits come through with a moderate bitter finish. Medium bodied, slightly oily and resinous. A bit mixed.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
22/8/2024. Cask at the 32nd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is biscuit, corn, cream cracker, citrus, peach. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice fruity bittersweet finish. Pretty decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Thin off white head on an unclear pale golden coloured body. Sweet, malt & & peach aroma. Medium bodied, soft with a cloying back. Sweet, bubble gum & malt tastes with a bitter finish. Lacking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On cask. Appearance - golden and fairly clear with a proportionate white head. Nose - lemon, floral and bready. Taste - lemon and bready. Palate - light bodied, a touch creamy through the middle and a dry finish. Overall - decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Pot Still. Clear bright gold, light haze. Thick low head. Lager-like nose. Noble hops, rich malt. Tastes like a helles on cask. Crisp and malty, honey, biscuits, lightly lemony and herbal hops. A bit bland but ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of lemon and straw. Taste is light bitter lemon, custard creams. Light bitter finish. Not bad.