Straw Dog
Moorhouse's Brewery in Burnley, Lancashire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.21
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A refreshingly clean tasting golden ale with aromas of citrus fruits and grapefruit, and a smooth malt balance complemented by subtle bitterness.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Moon under Water, Wigan. Pours a slightly hazy solid gold with a small foamy almost white head and excellent lacing. Is slow to settle but does so eventually. The aroma is mainly floral hops with hints of melon and passion fruit. In the mouth it is quite sweet but with a little underlying bitterness. Flavour has floral hops, tropical fruit, citrus and oranges, with a hint of spice coming later. Finish is slightly dry. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water - Wigan (JDW)
on 28 Jan 2026
at 12:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 4
Overall 6
26/11/2025. Cask (Hand Pump) at The Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival, 2025. Clear pour. Sweet, malty, citrus, leafy, caramel. Quite sweet with mild bitterness. Light body, low carbonation. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
at
Dove Street Inn
on 26 Nov 2025
at 13:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pint on cask at the stick or twist jdw. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. Ok
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2021
at 16:15
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ MBCF17 [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017 ] Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Moorhouses Stray Dog ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, light hoppy, frutiy hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, biscuit malt, fruity malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170120] 6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Mar 2018
at 15:51
6/10
Ok pint whilst watching The Seasiders at Wembley.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2017
at 15:28
6/10
Tried
on 14 Apr 2017
at 12:36
5/10
Tried
on 25 Sep 2016
at 15:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Sawyers Arms, Manchester. Clear golden with a small creamy head. Fairly smooth textured with a light malty nose and a relatively neutral taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2016
at 10:54
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Blackfriar London. Clear gold lasting white head. Fruity trooical fruit flavour. Good drying finish. Sprtizy hop bitterness on the finish. Mostly ripe oranges. Good condition and temp. Love the ripe orange flavours good golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2016
at 10:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - golden and almost car. Nice fluffy head. Nose - light toffee and orange. Taste - more toffee. Some citrus but slight malt astringent note too. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - solid golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2016
at 08:39