Hovercraft
Round Tower Brewery in Chelmsford, Essex, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
6.37
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Predominantly hopped with Cascade from America, this golden session beer has some light floral and citrus notes. One of the ‘Blue Plaques of Chelmsford’ series.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2016, day 2 - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. Light sulphur in the nose, cereal, biscuits. Lightly sweet, some hay, dried biscuits, lemon peel. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with notes of pale grains. OK overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2021
at 12:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF ’16, day 2, 10/08/16. Pale golden blonde with a moderate off white covering. Nose is pale malts, earthy fruit shmack, bread dough, lemon rind, straw. Taste comprises melon, citric tinged straw, bread dough, toasted grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so golde.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2016
at 12:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016 09/08/2016. A yellow straw coloured pour with a lasting thin sticky white head. Aroma is big grassy hop, hedgerow hop, brambles, raw grains. Flavour is composed of light straw hay, grassy earthy hop. Palate is light grainy, lowish carbonation. Good
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2016
at 12:46
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2016, National Winter Ales Festival (2016), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Round Tower Hovercraft ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, light yeasty, UK yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160218]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2016
at 15:54
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
17th February 2016
Chelmsford Winter Beer Fest at KEGS. Cask. Bright clear gold beer, bubbly white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Clean pale malts. Hops are floral but then a soapy edge develops. Light semi dry finish. Off centre.
Chelmsford Winter Beer Fest at KEGS. Cask. Bright clear gold beer, bubbly white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Clean pale malts. Hops are floral but then a soapy edge develops. Light semi dry finish. Off centre.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2016
at 16:03
8/10
Great spring ale. Needs a bit more time to condition but the style is nailed.
Tried
at
King Edward's Grammar School
on 17 Feb 2016
at 14:47