10th May 2011
On tap at the Old Fountain. Clear paleish gold beer. No real head. Very mild carbonation. Pleasant mild citrus - orange, a little lemon and grapefruit. Semi dry finish. Refreshing but could use some body. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kew Steam Ale on 05 Jan 2016 at 07:30 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4. Original review text: 6th December 2015
The Pigs Ear wrap up tasting at ChrisO’s. Lightly hazy pale gold beer, a few pale cream colour bubbles. Light dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Papery pale malts. Light floralness and spice. Mild dry fruits and ripe citrus. Dry finish. Meh!

Draught at London Brewers’ Alliance Showcase event on 17th Sept 2010. Slightly hazy gold with a lasting white head. Lovely grapefruit hops and grassiness with some cheesy notes, rather like a US IPA yet only 4.4%. Bitter, hoppy finish, and a textured mouthfeel. A good pint.

Cask at London Brewers Showcase. Pours clear honey with a foam head. Bread, fruit and nuts hold the aroma. Flavor is fairly sweet with a nice, bready malt character. Light to medium in body. Well balanced with a clean finish and light hops notes. Good sessioner. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kew Steam Ale on 10 Dec 2015 at 16:33 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Bottle shared at the chriso and Ruth pre-Christmas / post-Pigs Ear holiday tasting of 2015 - London. Cheers! Pours clear gold with a bubbly white head. The nose holds lemon, pale grains and hay. Light to medium sweet flavour, with more pale grains, ripe lemon, cereal. Light in body with average carbonation. Sugary finish, with notes of crackers, cereal, further grains and ripened lemon. So so.

Cask@GBBF2010. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, mildly nutty, some bready and caramel malts as well as mild citrusy and wooden notes. Flavour is quite the same. Pleasant and balanced.

(Cask at Speaker, Westminster, London, 27 Nov 2009) Golden amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of grapefruit and fresh hops. Fruity taste with citrus (grapefruit), apricots and fresh citrussy, lemony hops in a rather bitter finish. Light body, balanced sweetness. Very nice and refreshing bitter with a generous hop character (as usual with the Twickenham ales).

Cask (Harp, Strand, London) - Gold/amber with a white head. Slightly hoppy aroma with notes of grapefruit, tea and biscuity malt. Hoppy and fruity taste with notes of tea and peppery hops standing out.

Cask at BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium
Yellow, clear body. White head. Aroma of hops: nice, but not very intense. Moderately bitter flavour. Quite nice and solid.

Cask [ gravity ] @ 15de BLES Bierhappening 2008, Zottegem, Belgium.Light light unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, hay, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20081011] --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kew Steam Ale on 01 Nov 2017 at 11:05 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Bottle 500ml. @ [ Chriso’s pre- Xmas Tasting 2015 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Twickenham Kew Steam Ale ].Unclear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, pale malt, sweet malt, grain, hay. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light light heavy bitter with a average duration, bread, hay, grain, strae, sweet malt, pale malt, light fruity hops - grassy - hay. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20151206] 6-3-7-3-13

Cask at the Plough and Harrow (JDW), Hammersmith. Gold with a thin white head; grapefruit aroma; smooth with grapefruit and other citrus flavours; tart and deeply bitter finish. Really good. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kew Gardens Golden Ale on 06 Mar 2020 at 19:05 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: [50cl bottle bought at Kew Gardens.] A bright amber pour with a loose fast-fading white head and moderate cabonation; grassy aroma; taste of caramel and boiled sweets with a grassy bitterness; and an earthy caramel finish. An old fashioned bottled bitter.

Cask. A hazy light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet with light malty notes. The flavor is sweet malty and with a good bitter finish.