Honey Blonde
Downton Brewery in Downton, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Honey Regular|
Score
6.04
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Honey Blonde is a light and refreshing blonde/golden ale, with subtle hints of honey and softly sweet malt.
A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, added to the smooth sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and wild flower honey, make this a beer that never hangs around for long!
Also named Downton Chimera Honey Blonde.
A golden straw coloured bitter. A superb blend of spicy and floral hops, added to the smooth sweetness imparted by Flaked Maize and wild flower honey, make this a beer that never hangs around for long!
Also named Downton Chimera Honey Blonde.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Castle Tap, Reading. Startling vivid gold colour with a thick white head- it’s really quite a looker! Unfortunately though it’s a mixture of honey and beer. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of both honey and beer when taken separately, but to my palette at least they rarely seem to work together. In this case there’s a big hit of sweet pure set honey up front. Nice honey actually, I quite fancy that on a slice of bread. However, Downton have instead shoved it in a beer. The honey dominates throughout (leaving a rather sticky mouthfeel) but there is a grassy hop bitterness in the tail end which, as usual, clashes with the honey rather than complimenting or balancing it. So, I continue to be unconvinced by honey beers.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2015
at 16:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Bernie’s Off License, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a frothy white head and lots of broken lace. The aroma is yeast, light malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry light earthy mineral hop palate. Light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2014
at 16:03
6/10
Tried
on 19 May 2014
at 14:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Ealing beer festival 2012. A golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, honey, fruity, spice. Rather thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jul 2012
at 04:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask conditioned at Reading BF 2012. very pale gold. Lasting white head. Hoppy slightly sweet. I liked it. Really hoppy easy drinking pale ale. Its good slight honey sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2012
at 08:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Tried
on 22 Mar 2012
at 09:13
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Pours very pale yellow colour. Good lacing. Earthy slightly skunked aroma Flavour is metalical and slightly tanic. No honey flavour. Over carbonated.
Tried
on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Harp off Trafalgar Sq. Pours hazy gold with a bubbly white head. Light citrus aroma. Light pale malt flavor with some mild bitterness. Honey? Don’t get that.Finishes nicely bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2011
at 13:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from the Home Brew Shop, Aldershot. Unfortunately I didn’t read Druncan’s review before opening this, because it behaved exactly as he described. Still I managed to get most of it into a pint glass in the end.
The end result is pale straw in colour with a billowing brilliant white head; there’s a light musky, grainy aroma; it’s rather thinly bodied with a mix of citrus, honey and herbal flavours; and a clean, crisp, grassy finish. Rather good.
The end result is pale straw in colour with a billowing brilliant white head; there’s a light musky, grainy aroma; it’s rather thinly bodied with a mix of citrus, honey and herbal flavours; and a clean, crisp, grassy finish. Rather good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2011
at 11:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Priory Arms, Stockwell, London, 7 Aug 2010) Pale golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity, slightly malty nose with citrus and honey. Fruity, floral taste with notes of citrus and honey. Light body, fairly sweet with low bitterness. Definitely drinkable but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2010
at 14:06