Battledown Brewery Sunbeam

Sunbeam

 

Battledown Brewery in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  California Common / Steam Beer Summer Out of Production
Score
5.79
ABV: 3.8% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Seasonal - April to September.

California Common (aka. American ’Steam Beer’) An ale brewed in the American post-prohibition way using lager yeast (at ale temperatures) and Northern Brewer hops.
 

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

Cask. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is grains, some fruity and herbal notes with mild nectar. Flavour is grains, some fruits, mild grass, herbs and some floral notes. Quaffable and somewhat dry palate.

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2023 at 09:55


25/12/2013. STAR INN, 23 The Vineyards, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (ABBEY)

Tried on 08 Nov 2022 at 10:28


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

Fra cask/gravity på Plymouth CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival 24 Sep 16. Gylden. Lett uklar. Filmskum. God aprikosaroma. Smaken mer aprikos. Lett tørr ettersmak. Bra men litt uvariert.

Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2016 at 06:15


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

Cask-conditioned at the Lord High Constable of England (JDW), Gloucester docks, July 2016. Deep gold in colour, with a slight, white, head. Easy drinking pale ale with a touch of stone fruits, sweetish lager malts and hint of leafy hops, ending in a moderately bitter finish. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2016 at 11:33


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the ale emporium, Preston. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt, lemon. Taste is quite dull, faint lemon. Thin finish.

Tried from Cask on 03 Apr 2016 at 17:40


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Cask. Pours light amber, without much head at all. Slightly unpleasant metallic aroma. Taste is also not great- starts off as a beer but then becomes apple, cider, then blue cheese. Maybe something was off with this one.

Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2016 at 13:44


4

Tried on 21 Nov 2015 at 19:02


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tried at the royal hop pole JDW, Tewkesbury. Clear Amber colour no head. Aroma fruit and malt, taste has a corse bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2015 at 23:00


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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Battledown Sunbeam ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, earthy, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, earthy, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130815]

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2015 at 01:18


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 28102011. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness and malts.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2014 at 09:44