Thames Side Brewery White Swan Pale Ale

White Swan Pale Ale

 

Thames Side Brewery in Staines, Surrey, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
6.45
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 15
Hoppy US style pale ale, bursting with Chinook and Columbus hops from Washington State in the US Northwest, to give it a gorgeous citrus flavour.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours an almost clear golden colour with a small loose white head. The aroma is doughy malts, with floral hop notes. A moderately sweet taste, sweet malts, mango, melon and orange peel flavours with a light spicy bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 23 May 2024 at 16:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - Medium sweet fruity with some citrus notes, breads toasted malty backing, bitter edged hoppy close. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2022 at 08:00


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

3/8/2022. Cask at GBBF 2022, day 2. Pours clear pale golden amber with a small bubbly/frothy white head. Aroma is sweet, fruity, orange, blossom, bread. Moderate sweetness, light bitterness, touch of tart. Moderate body, slightly watery, soft carbonation. Light dryness to finish. Pretty decent.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2022 at 16:17


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask. Amber beer with a cream head. Light citrus and light malt aroma. Light malt and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Light malt and light citrus linger.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2022 at 21:18


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Thames Side Brewery, Staines upon Thames, Surrey. A golden/amber coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Hoppy, malty, orange, bready aroma and taste. Quite a bitter pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2021 at 22:31


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask, half-pint at The White Swan. Misty amber body, patchy beige head, spotty lacing. Moderate smell of ripe fruits. Leafy hops and mild caramel sweetness to the taste buds. Mid-dry bitter end. Mdle of the road. (Twickenham 24.10.2019).

Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2019 at 09:56


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Gylden. Nesten klar. Lett karamellaroma. Smaken plommer. Lett tørr bitter avslutning.

Tried on 24 Oct 2019 at 10:22


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 1 07/08/2018. A clear golden orange coloured pour a halo of white head. Aroma is spicy orange, sweaty hop, hedgerow Base malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet Base malts, orange rind ginger, earthy grains. Palate is semi sweet. Low hop oil decent cask condition.. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2018 at 19:15


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Thames Side White Swan ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, light caramel, light hoppy, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, pale malt, fruity malt, light caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807]
6-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:27


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

7th August 2018
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Bitterish tangerine hops. Litte tangerine peel. Mildly spicy dry finish. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 13:39