Historic check-in, OG 1039

Sour, watery, pointless

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

From cask at the Forth Inn in Aberfoyle, 1/3 pint. Light golden color, for me this not an IPA.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml clear bottle @ Loch Fyne, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is zesty citrus hop. Taste is smooth and perhaps more flavoursome than anticipated. Nice fruity lemon citrus presence, rather moreish. Better than expected.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Carters. Pours clear pale amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light sweet malt, light lemon. Taste is watery, faint lemony finish. Inoffensive

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle. Copper colour with a thin white head. Orangey aroma with a hint of spice. Sweet, fruity flavour with a little bitterness at the end

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Clachan Cottage. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, sweet toffee, taste is sweet, floral, some zesty fruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of IPA on 02 Nov 2014 at 09:53 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask at the Clachan Cottage. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, sweet toffee, taste is sweet, floral, some zesty fruit.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A special ale brewed by Belhaven for Teuchters. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - slightly funky but then flowers though some astringent malt. Taste - lemon and flowers. Still slightly astringent malt but not too bad. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - it’s alright but they’ll still be selling the Black Isle version for a good whiletto come.
Earlier Rating: 8/18/2011 Total Score: 2.8
Draught @ the Mill Bank, Coulter. Pours a golden-orange wih gentle bubbles and a reasonable head. The nose has raisins, malt and a hint of grapefruit. The taste has grapes and then malt. The palate is medium bodied, quite creamy and then the finish is a bit more malt than hops. Overall, this is quite good initially but it is let down by the finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Old Blackfriars, Aberdeen. Pours clear yellow with a tight, creamy head. Crackers and straw in the nose. Light sweet flavor, straw bitterness, light grass, biscuits and crackers. Light in body with soft, smooth carbonation. Plenty of hay and straw bitters to finish, with modest crackery malt sweetness. I’m surprised by the low rates, as for me this is a perfectly acceptable golden ale.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

On tap, somewhere in Cambridge. Golden color with medium white head. Aroma of citrus, pines, caramel. Light taste, with hints of grapefruit, honey, some spices. Watery bitter finish. Little bit bland, but OK.