Brains The Rev James Gold

The Rev James Gold

 

Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.07
ABV: 4.1% IBU: - Ticks: 26
The Rev. James ales are based on an original recipe from 1885, and named in honour of brewing legend the Rev. James Buckley, saver of souls and satisfier of thirsts. Brewed with our exclusive Buckleys yeast, they each deliver a signature taste with a surprising twist.

The Rev. James Gold is crisp and sweet with fresh fruit flavours that are balanced by an intriguing depth and a light malty aroma.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice citrus flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2017 at 07:34


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

(Bottle) Pours clear golden with loose white head. Pleasant aroma of grassy hops with hints of biscuit and citrus. Light bodied with somewhat fizzy carbonation. Taste starts with pleasant citrusy tartness over some not very malty sweetness. There’s some bitterness in finish. Pleasant but not great.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2016 at 14:34


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Foley Arms, Oldswinford. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is lemon and straw. Taste is mostly straw with a little grain. Watery.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2016 at 05:58


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at the Bowl Inn, Almondsbury. Golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma has light citrus, and light malt. Taste is citrus sweet and caramel.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2016 at 14:31


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned and unfined at the Queens Vaults, Cardiff 3/4/2016. Golden in colour, with a decent, off-white, head. Aroma of stone fruits and leafy hops. Flavour was sweetish, with more apricot fruit, biscuity malts and a moderately bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2016 at 05:46


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

Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2016 at 09:18


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

50cl bottle from Aldi, Bracknell. A pale golden amber pour with a tight cream head; some weak peachy fruit on the aroma; crisp fruity taste with a light malty body; and a fresh grassy bitterness; giving a lingering bitter finish with some peach stones and sweet biscuit. Solid, but not very exciting.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2016 at 07:28


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brains The Rev James Gold ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, spicy, peach notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, spicy malt, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812]

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2016 at 08:05


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

Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Golden ale. Has a healthy lightly sweetened character that’s very sessionable.

Tried on 13 Sep 2015 at 10:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

26th Aug 2015, half-pint hand-pulled from the Brain’s Brewery Bar at the Peterborough Beer Festival. Light amber to golden colour with a white topping. Decent blend of fruity and malty aromas and flavours. Slight citrusy bitterness in the finish with a lingering dry aftertaste.

Tried on 31 Aug 2015 at 15:13