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 - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ the Barn, Oban. Clear, golden with a thin white head. Soft fruit aroma. Flavour is apricot, a little spice on the finish
0,5l bottle from Stromness Coop. Ritka mint a kukoricás holló, szól a jól ismetrt orkádián közmondàs.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Granite City. It pours clear golden with an average white head. The aroma is sweet, toasty grain, fragrant, floral, pear drops, boiled sweets and biscuit. The taste is crisp, dry, quite floral, straw, light spice, touch of apple, pear drops melon and biscuit with a dry finish. Light - medium body and fine carbonation. A pretty OK golden ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask pint at The Grill, Aberdeen. 4.1% ABV. Golden colour, white head. Moderate aroma, a hint of fruity hops. Zesty and fruity flavour, much better than the bottled version. Decent bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle. Golden colour with a decent whitish head. Peachy aroma, taste is soft, grassy with some caramel for good measure
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Flasche 0,5l: Gold mit etwas mittelporiger Schaum; frische, sehr milde Nase mit leichter Süße und leichten Fruchtaromen, Pink Grapefruit; angenehm milder Körper mit einer leichten Säure, malzige Süße und etwas Grapefruit
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at sraf 2015. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, soapy, floral, taste is similar, sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Slightly hazy, very light yellow beer. Bit lively, thin white head. Zesty, grassy hop smell. Flavour is... slightly disappointing. Tangy, lemony taste but it disippates into an almost watery nothingness quite quickly and only leaves a light, bitter aftertaste. It’s not bad by any means. It tastes nice but it’s disappointing that the flavour doesn’t last longer than it does.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Handpull cask at the Cavens Arms, Dumfries. Mid-gold with a decent white head. Soft citrus aroma, very one-dimensional. I really loved the taste: savoury and herbal, with a note of astringency and the very hint of sweetness around the edges. Dry finish. Very impressive: a simple recipe which exhibits the brewers’ originality and prowess.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4
0.5l bottle. This is a blurry golden-ish looking one, lots and lots of unfiltered particles floating about and it has a medium sized really bubbly just off-white head with a nice retention. It's really fruity - sweet on the nose! Like smelling a papaya really. Zesty fruitiness, lots of both yeasty esters and diacetyl, tropical juices that has been standing in the sun and fermented. Blood oranges and it's quite floral as well. A strange strange super fruity aroma. It tastes alright. Not overwhelming on the fruitiness, but it still has those sweet estry zesty tones. In the mouth it feels this oily, surprisingly considering the abv, and it's just below average on the carbonation. Low bitterness, but it has a grassy thing compensating a bit for all the sweetness. There is also a big amount of buttery diacetyl in this, Minerallish finish and aftertaste. Quite easy to drink, but way to heavy on the butter. 12.02.2014