07/09/2019. HOPBUNKER, 5-7 Queen Street, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales (PIXIE SPRING)

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Hopbunker, Cardiff. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy finish.

6.9

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

Cask at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is sweet citrus lemon, pineapple, floral citrus hop, honeysuckle. Flavour is composed of light golden grains, hint of honey, lemon rind and slightly soapy lemon, woody lemon citrus. Palate is semi sweet crisp, good cask condition. Good interesting hop character. Solid cask ale.

5.5

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

Cask at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Pours clear gold with a creamy head: the nose holds grainy pale malts, lemon rind, some carpet. Light sweet flavour with ample husky grains, damp straw, old lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with husky and grassy bitterness, some stake white bread, more lemon rind, hay. Not the best.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at 2015 Birmingham Beer Festival; clear amber with a frothy white head, aroma has light citrus aroma, taste has citrus, light pine, some caramel.

7.5

Hoppy and zesty

5.2

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

Gravity poured half-pint on 18th April 2015 at the Stourbridge CAMRA Beer Festival. Golden with a white head. Grapefruit notes in the nose and taste: yet another golden citrusy brew. Refreshing but so ’samey’ as hundreds out in the market currently.

6.5

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

Cask (handpump) @ Hanging Bat Beer Cafe, 133 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH3 9AD. [ As Hopcraft Golden Pixie ].ABV: 3.8%. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus, exotic fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, exotic fruit, citrus, grass, pale malt. A bit thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140314]

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at CBC, Clerkenwell on 28th February 2014. Clear blonde with thin white ring-and-film top and scant lacing. Grassy hop aroma. Grapefruit and grassiness in-mouth, with zesty peel. Grassy and grapefruity hops in finish. Zingy , with fair body.

7

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

Cask at the hanging bat... Golden amber... Small white head... Soft sweet fruit nose.. Soft floral fruitd... Light sift hop