Pheasant Plucker
(has 1 batch)
Bowland Brewery in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.33
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A beautiful copper-coloured easy drinking bitter. Rounded fruit flavours with malty, hoppy and nutty undertones and a smooth dry finish. Perfect on its own or as a companion for roast dinners, pies and citrusy puds. 4.5% in bottles.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Re-rate after trying it in 2014. Hopefully this new 'live bottle rating' will change the initial score of '2' a bit higher. 500ml bottle at home on 4th Nov 2017, poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard, my preferred tasting glass for UK beers. Clear copper/golden pour, white blanket on top. Citrus notes in the nose, hoppy and twiggy alongside the citrus aromas. Taste has some malts as a base, overpowered by the hop content somewhat. A whole lot better than the cask offering in my first rating. Liked this even if there is a citrusy leaning to the brew. Score upped to 3.4. The 4.5% ABV in the bottle compared to the 3.6% cask version may also have played a part. Oh dear this wasn’t great: half-pint at the 2014 Lincoln Beer Festival. Pours a misty light amber with a thin white head, or it did on 23rd May. Very little flavour, aroma or character, mild citrus smell and taste but it just didn’t do it for me, disappointing to be honest. All the other beers seemed to be in good condition and tasty, not sure if this is supposed to be so bland or if it was a rouge barrel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2014
at 23:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ White Star, 2-4 Rainford Gardens, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L2 6PTClear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, sour malt notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120116]
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Nov 2012
at 08:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at the Speaker, St James’s. It pours light hazy golden amber., with a thin bubbly white head. The nose is fairly subtle, some floral and hay. The taste is floral, hay, lemon pith, zesty, wood and toasted malt, with a dry, citric finish. Thin body and soft carbonation. Inoffensive.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Nov 2011
at 06:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Half pint, cask at The White Star in Liverpool. Clear golden. Laceworks on the glass. Discreet floral aroma. Orange fruits in flavour supported by a few hints of dry bitterness. Thin and watered (04.05.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2009
at 06:44