Filly Close Blonde
Reedley Hallows Brewing Co. in Burnley, Lancashire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
5.79
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A very well balanced ale. Bitter and spicy with a good fruity finish.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Clear gold with a frothy white head and a very soft fruity aroma. Fresh and smooth, sweet bready malt with hints of fruit, a tiny hint of floral bitterness and a dryish finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Keg N Cask
on 21 Feb 2026
at 19:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Old Vic, Preston. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s malts and dried fruit in the aroma plus some hints of butter. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but with a little underlying bitterness. There’s lemongrass and malts in the flavour with traces of spice and caramel coming later. Finish is slightly dry. This is distinctly reasonable – and a grower.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Vic
on 17 Nov 2025
at 14:45
6/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2023
at 12:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
10/6/2022. Cask at the 17th Braintree Real Ale Festival. Pours clear bright gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of sweet malt, fruit, light biscuit, butter and caramel. Medium plus sweetness, light but developing bitterness. Moderate body, oily, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2022
at 21:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Golden colour with a thick white head. Light fruity aroma and taste. Mid sweet finish.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2015
at 10:49
6/10
Tried
on 03 Oct 2015
at 05:19
2.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Cask at the Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured a slightly hazy, light gold colour with a halo of white head. Aroma of diluted stink bomb; just pure ammonium sulfide. The egginess managed to seep into the flavour followed by watery, light floral hop flavours and followed by sweet candy sugar... This cask was no keeper.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2013
at 11:59
3.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask gravity at the Watford beer fest 2013. Aroma is eggy farts, wet grassy dog. Flavour is worty, meaty autolysis. Hay. Pale dull yellow no head. Bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2013
at 12:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 24/10/2013. Golden with next to no head. Sweet, weetabix notes dominated this beer completely. Not pleasant.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2013
at 08:38
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Vic, Preston. Clear golden yellow, thin white head. Light aromas of caramel, cereal and grassy hops. Decent btterness to match the light malt sweetness. Light body, thin texture. Another OK session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2013
at 11:19