Golden Salamander
Salamander in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.10
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Premium ale brewed with Challenger and Styrian hops. This beer has a refreshing citrus hop flavour.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Calverts Court, Stockport. Pours a golden sraw with a medium sized foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. The aroma is mainly floral hops with hints of oranges and citrus. In the mouth it is juicy and very briefly slightly sweet before the bitterness of floral hops comes through to swamp it. Grains and cirus with hints of grapefruit leading to a slightly bitter binish. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2024
at 21:37
Historic check-in
Tried
on 28 Jan 2023
at 07:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Dark gold, clear with a bit of loose white head and some lacing. Grassy aroma with light notes of lemon curd. Taste is nicely balanced, a trifle sweet at first but then weighed down with a hoppy bitterness. It's a fairly standard golden, but it's a well-made one.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2021
at 17:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the SIren's Call, Portishead, Somerset 27/9/2018. Deep gold in colour, with a frothy, white, head. CItrus and pineapple fruits, some crisp, slightly spicy malts, a touch of marmalade sweetness and pleasantly bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2018
at 18:36
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at the strugglers, Lincoln. Pale golden colour eith a white head. Slight citrus aroma and taste that is also light sweet with a slight herb finish. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2016
at 11:39
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in The Station, Oakengates on 19th Nov 2014: this pub majors on Yorkshire beers here in Shropshire. Poured a clear, clean golden colour with a thin and fading white head. Strange eggy smell at first, then a fruitier ester took over. Citrus hints emerged too. The eggy aroma did the beer no favours and it almost ruined the tasting for me, luckily I soldered on and the beer improved a bit. Hop led brew with not much malt action to talk about.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2014
at 07:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London. A golden coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Hoppy, citrus aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, citrus fruit, quite thin and watery.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2014
at 13:31
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Raglan Arms, Rugby, 16/12/13. Clear golden with a moderate off white head, lacing ensues. Nose is toasted malt, light plastic, orange, straw. Taste comprises citric straw, mandarin, orange peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finish. So so GB affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2013
at 05:01
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Stubbing Wharf in Hebden Bridge. Golden with a smooth head. Its aroma has a small sweet hop base to it, although its flavour is light at best - however this is more than drinkable and a fine session ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2013
at 16:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On Cask at Dronfield Arms - Yellow with a small white head. Fruity aroma with a little citrus and a little buttery note. Sweet fruity flavour with pear notes, some grassy hops and a bitter finish. An okay beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2012
at 10:41