Festival Gold
The Waen Brewery in Llanidloes, Powys, Wales 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.83
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating - One of a few 500ml bottles I brought in Llanidloes on my trip of 2014. Old notes- 24-07-14. Pours a dark amber with next to no head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, pine, flora, lemon & malt. Medium body. Slightly bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2025
at 20:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Filmy golden colour with average, frothy, diminishing, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly grainy and hoppy aroma with unspecific minimally citrusy fruity touch. Taste is dry husky, bitter hoppy, very subtle minimally sweet and citrusy fruity note; light body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2013
at 09:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Yellowish golden colour, not too much head. Aroma is fruity, floral, wooden and quite bready malty. Flavour is similar in a nice balance. Nice floral and sweet malty aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2012
at 09:22
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask gravity @ The Rake, Borough SE1. Pours a pale amber color with no head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hoppy hints. Fruity malty hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty dry caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2011
at 04:02
4.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear light medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, sour malt, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light sour - acitic and light bitter with a average duration, sour malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100430]
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2010
at 23:28
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2010. Gold colour. Hoppy aroma, some sweetness in the mouth. Oddly tastes of puke slightly like lager malt puke.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2010
at 03:05