Lode Star
Hop Kettle Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.47
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A brand new recipe with a familiar name. Pale gold with flavours and aromas of grapefruit, lychee and pine and a hint of blackcurrant. Wrapped in a well rounded malt base with a discrete bitter-sweet dry finish
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, third pint. @The Last Heretic, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.885 Global - #659 England - #1 Hop Kettle Brewery (My English brewery #220)] Pours copper with almost no head. Aroma: nutty, dried fruits, toffee and dough. Taste: light spiced malts, caramel and nuts. Very grainy mouthfeel. Next one please!
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2023
at 11:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pint at the Last Heretic. Copper colored pour, flat. Hoppy, malty aroma. Taste is malty, light caramel notes. Smooth, sturdy body. Taste is malty, sweet. Simple, hefty.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2023
at 16:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the great British winter beer festival. A clear nutty gold coloured pour with a lasting halo of white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty, dried fruit toffee, grass green hop. Gooseberry, berry, nutty hop, grassy, hedgerow hop
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2023
at 18:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery online shop. Appearance - amber with a creamy, slightly off-white head. Nose - fruit cake, light orange and gentle caramel. Taste - malt loaf and dried orange. Palate - creamy texture, light to medium bodied. Decent, dryness on the finish. Overall - decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2021
at 18:37
5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2018
at 20:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at Swindon Beer Festival 26/10/2017. Golden in colour, with a touch of haze, and a slight, white, head. Tropical fruits, citrus hops, biscuity malts and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Oct 2017
at 11:59