Notting Hill Blonde

Bottle at home in London with Lyoli - picked up from Oddbins London Bridge. Pours clear yellow, lightly effervescent with a moderate, creamy white head and a bit of sediment. Sugary, doughy white bread in the nose, faint hay. Medium sweet flavor, lots of sugary white bread, dough, mild bitter straw, hints of minerally yeast. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with very mellow dryness, low bitterness, more doughy pale malts, some white bread, very light lemon peel. Pretty tasty stuff, if a bit simple. (April 2013, Score: 3.5)

Bottle at home in London - sourced from London Beer, online retailer. Pours lightly unclear yellow-gold with a frothy, pure white head. Pleasant aroma with balanced, pithy citrus hops, some grapefruit, tangerine, accents of nectarine and peach. Light to medium sweet with further pithy citrus, slight rindy and piney bitterness, hints of jammy lemon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Well balanced on the finish with biscuity pale malts, some white bread, lightly juicy citrus fruits, some dry pith, touches of mango and peach. Pretty dynamic stuff. The flavors definitely come together as you drink it. Very sessionable stuff. (October 2014, Score: 3.7)

15th September 2012
hazy gold beer, tidy white head. Smooth palate with a little fine carbonation. The pale malt is a bit raw - grainy. A little apple here. Mild citrus and a semi dry finish. Too grainy and a bit green.

Bottle from Oddbins, Blackheath - Pale gold pour with a medium frothy head. Grain malt and light hop character, medium sweet/bitter balance. Pleasant enough but nothing amazing.

500ml bottle shared at our hotel room, from Sourced Market St Pancras. Cloudy golden body, Faint, bubbly white head. Restrained aroma of citrus fruits. Fresh lemony hops in flavour offset by hints of caramel sweetness. Semi-dry ending. Soft in the mouth. Just alright (London, 27.11.2012).

Cask (handpump) @ [ London Overground pub crawl ]. Snooty Fox, 75 Grosvenor Avenue, Highbury, London, Greater London England N5 2NN.Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, sharp. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity tart, overriped fruit, plastic notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120114]

Cask gravity at Pigs Ear 2011. Moncada notting hill blond. Well it isnt. Its a murky copper brown. Lasting thin beige head. Its more or less a brown bitter with some extra fruit. Its ok. A fruity brown bitter some black pepper. 3.3/5

Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Clear nut brown. Nutty and mid sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Caramelly malt, some prunes. Salty finish. A fake blonde, it seems.

Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and nectar. Flavour is sweet malts, fruits, wood and mild sweet sappy notes. Nothing very special.