Bottle from B&M Bargains; clear golden yellow pour with frothy off white head, sweet malt aroma, taste has sweet malts, a hint of grass, cardboard, moderate bitter.

500ml Bottle: BBD end of Feb 14, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 8th Nov 13 (at home). Looked fine, a bright, deep golden body with a snow white head that hung around. The nose was a mixed bag of esters: floral, fruity and semi-sweet malty molasses. The taste was also a blend of flavours, again floral, fruity and with malty sweetness. The rear label mentioned ’citrus flavours’, I’m pleased to say I didn’t notice any of those! Body depth and mouth feel were fine, suited the alcohol content well and drinking this in a hot kitchen while preparing food was a good idea: it quenched my thirst nicely without really testing my rating skills. Overall a pleasant if uninspiring brew: nothing special, but nothing to complain about either. This isn’t going to test your taste buds too greatly, nor is it going to upset you.

Cask @ Railway, Brighouse. Golden with a creamy head. Has a tangy fruity bitterness.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, marzipan malt, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, young, marmalade notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120808]

8th August 2012
GBBF. Clear gold beer, no real head. Light dry palate. Flat. Honeysih malt. Sweet marmalade. Neutral finish. Looks and tastes like a Golden and it would be a good one if it had any semblance of condition.

Cask@GBBF2012. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wooden, caramelly, toffeeish and herbal with some mild fudge. Flavour is vanilla, some wood, nuttyness as well as mild floral notes.