Old Golden Hen (Cask)
(Batch of Old Golden Hen)
Morland in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.16
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This light golden beer delivers both flavour and refreshment, brewed using the finest pale malts, and the rare Galaxy hop to give a light golden colour, subtle tropical fruit notes and a deliciously smooth finish. Old Golden Hen is perfect for all occasions and best served chilled.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at Deep Ellum, 3/3/17.
Golden with strong brass hues, a high clarity and a firm, white head atop.
The nose is a bit soggy, though one does find the Galaxy hop after some searching. They certainly didn’t bet the farm on the amount they put in here though....Not that every beer needs to be a hop bomb, but this has only hints of lime and green, leafy spiciness. It does indeed leave room for the malts which add basic honey, vanilla and light cereal to the mix as it finishes with no alcohol or flaw.
Watery to-style with ample carbonation and lots of rich honey that is in turn well-attenuated. Some hops, obviously of an IPA type, but not even enough has gone in to identify them as Galaxy. Leafy, mildly bitter and lightly spicy with lots of monotonous malt notes and very little of any house character which is really what’s to be looked for in a low gravity session beer that doesn’t focus on hops.
Also the name should have been, "Gold Speckled Hen". They couldn’t even figure that out, those bastards.
Golden with strong brass hues, a high clarity and a firm, white head atop.
The nose is a bit soggy, though one does find the Galaxy hop after some searching. They certainly didn’t bet the farm on the amount they put in here though....Not that every beer needs to be a hop bomb, but this has only hints of lime and green, leafy spiciness. It does indeed leave room for the malts which add basic honey, vanilla and light cereal to the mix as it finishes with no alcohol or flaw.
Watery to-style with ample carbonation and lots of rich honey that is in turn well-attenuated. Some hops, obviously of an IPA type, but not even enough has gone in to identify them as Galaxy. Leafy, mildly bitter and lightly spicy with lots of monotonous malt notes and very little of any house character which is really what’s to be looked for in a low gravity session beer that doesn’t focus on hops.
Also the name should have been, "Gold Speckled Hen". They couldn’t even figure that out, those bastards.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2017
at 18:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the Pheasant. Thick, slippery pour with a small but creamy head, sheets of lacing left around the glass. Nice big, full grainy aroma, follows trough to taste, one of the better goldens i’ve had recently. Really nice flavors and mouth feel is heavenly.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2016
at 00:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at the Juniper Green Inn. Appearance - golden with a creamy head and a slight haze. Nose - lemon curd and barley. Taste - citrus with a biscuit and honey backdrop. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a decent pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2015
at 11:50
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ King’s Head, Llandudno [080615]
Golden, clear, thin dense head, good lacing
Aroma of slight sweetness, almost nothing
Taste of light caramel, soft GK yeast, slightly estery, soft fruits, a tad sugary
Palate - Medium light body, rather sweet. Finish of sweet light caramel, light bitter
Overall - Not great, seemed a bit sugary, not much going on.
Golden, clear, thin dense head, good lacing
Aroma of slight sweetness, almost nothing
Taste of light caramel, soft GK yeast, slightly estery, soft fruits, a tad sugary
Palate - Medium light body, rather sweet. Finish of sweet light caramel, light bitter
Overall - Not great, seemed a bit sugary, not much going on.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jun 2015
at 10:05