Excelsior Golden Ale
Green Jack in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Spring|
Score
6.58
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Excelsior is a clean crisp ale with balanced malts.This golden ale has a fruity hop character and aprominent floral aroma making this beer a easy drinking session ale, perfect for Spring and welcoming in the Summer.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at The Murderers, Norwich. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of zesty lemon, citrus & malt. Medium body. Smooth hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2026
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
5/7/2026. Cask at The Peasants’ Tavern, North Walsham. A really good pint from Green Jack. Good body. Gives impression it’s stronger than the 4.0%. Beer (and pub) of the trip.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Peasants' Tavern
on 05 Jul 2026
at 13:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Poured from gravity.
Small beige collar on a still golden coloured body.
Sweet stone fruit, citrus, grapefruit & bitter hop tastes.
Deece.
Small beige collar on a still golden coloured body.
Sweet stone fruit, citrus, grapefruit & bitter hop tastes.
Deece.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2025
at 18:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (backlog). Deep goldeny/pale ambery colour with a small off-white creamy head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is caramel, some tropical fruits, mild bready and wooden notes. Flavour is resin, caramel, mild toasted notes as well as some fruity and mild berries to it. --- Beer merged from original tick of Excelsior Golden Ale on 13 Oct 2015 at 11:25 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask (backlog). Golden colour, small white foamy head. Aroma is floral, mild honey, nectar, grass and some bready notes. Flavour is quite similar in a good balance. Balanced, and for once a refreshing and pleasant golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2015
at 11:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hope & Anchor, Bristol 18/6/2015. Deep gold, with a decent, off-white, head. Stone fruits and a touch of tangerine, a hint of floral hop, savoury malts and a decent, bitter, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jun 2015
at 11:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned at Reading BF 2012. Clear orange gold with lasting beige head. Ok beer. Taste is fine some hop some toffee some hop sting on finish. Its quite a tasty bitter to be honest. Bitter on finish and some ripe orange fruit flavour. Very decent
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2012
at 11:34
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishíng head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Chlorine/swimmingpool notes. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2012
at 14:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Horniman at Hay’s, London. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, hops, soap and hints of caramel. Dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2012
at 02:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask@The Philarmonic, Liverpool. Clear dark amber colour with a small off white head. Pretty muted aroma with some sweet malts showing. A little sweetish fruit in the similarly malt led flavour which continued into the gently bitter finish. Inoffensive if a bit insipid.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2012
at 09:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Haymarket Bar, Edinburgh. Pours amber with a nice proportional head. The nose has lemon and grapefruit pith. More lemon pith on the taste against a malty background. The palate has a medium body, is medium textured and has a nice clean finish. Overall, a good ale.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2012
at 03:11