Half Nelson
Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.85
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Distinctive and hoppy, full of tropical fruit flavours.
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24/10/2013. SHAKESPEARES HEAD, Africa House, 64-68 Kingsway, LONDON, WC2, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 08 Feb 2023
at 10:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours golden amber, sweet toffee, dry and bitter, light fruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Mar 2015
at 04:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, October 2013. Golden with a slight white head. Gooseberry and pineapple aroma, crisp malts and a hoppy, dry finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 14:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Kings Highway, Inverness, 19/10/13. Murky orange amber with a good sized off white head. Nose is citric, toasted malts, light grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, light grapefruit tang, tropical notes, mandarin, light hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finale. Solid GB.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2013
at 11:48
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask, handpump at The Penny Black, JDW, Sunday 2nd November 2013. Pours gold with slim filmy white head. Wonderful tropical nose, hops really shining here, its juicy, fruiyy, bittersweet, moreish. Tastes great as well, not sure if this was one of the festival beers if so it is my favourite. Just had another. A8 A5 T8 P4 Ov17 4.1
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2013
at 05:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 18 October. Poured a clear golden colour with a medium white head and good lacing. Perfumed citrus hop aroma with some maltiness. Flavours of melon, grassy hops and straw. Finishes with pine needles, grapefruit and bready malt.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 13:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Benjamin Huntsman, Sheffield [191013]
Yellow, soft haze, dense white head
Aroma of sweet tropical fruits, mango, grapefruit
Taste of troopial fruits, citrus hops, mango, touch of orange, some dry zest, soft sweet pale malts
Palate - Medium body, light bit creamy texture. Finish as main flavour, more zest comes through in finish, bit grassy zest, bitter tail
Overall - Decent .... i’d like to re-rate this one though
Yellow, soft haze, dense white head
Aroma of sweet tropical fruits, mango, grapefruit
Taste of troopial fruits, citrus hops, mango, touch of orange, some dry zest, soft sweet pale malts
Palate - Medium body, light bit creamy texture. Finish as main flavour, more zest comes through in finish, bit grassy zest, bitter tail
Overall - Decent .... i’d like to re-rate this one though
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2013
at 12:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Plae straw with a thin white head; fruity aroma - predominantly sweet grapefruit; sharp grapefruit taste at first, then developing some sweet fuzzy peach; then a crisp and clean finish. refreshing and much better than anticipated.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2013
at 06:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 8
@ Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford. Gold with no head. Not particularly lively. Aroma is a lovely hit of Nelson Sauvin: pineapple, elderflower, pine. Taste is complex: sweet to bitter to very bitter to a sweet finish - no wait - bitter again. Only the thin oily palette is a let down.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2013
at 15:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury on 19th Oct 2013. Good deep golden hue to the body, on top a foaming white covering that hung around. The aroma reminded me of a tropical punch or cocktail: fruity and inviting. Nice blend of flavours, the hops give a bitter and dry feel to the taste, the malts a sweet undertone. Not a stand out brew, but pleasant enough and another Thwaites beer that is worth trying.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2013
at 07:24