Cotleigh Brewery Golden Seahawk

Golden Seahawk

 

Cotleigh Brewery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production
Score
5.92
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 42
Golden Seahawk formerly known as Golden Eagle became a regular brew in Summer 2001 and has rapidly become a firm favourite with local drinkers. Seahawk is traditionally brewed with Devon pale and crystal malted barley which gives the beer its characteristic bright golden colour. Carefully selected Goldings, Challenger and Styrian hops provide a fragrant aroma with a background of honey flavour offering a fruit filled smooth finish.
 

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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Wetherspoon, Elgin. Appearance - hazy golden with thick white head. Aroma - some citrus hop, bit of grapefruit. Taste - some citrusy hop with biscuity malt. Very slight butterscotch, but only fleeting. Finish - bitter with some citrus, bit dry. Quite a tasty beer - I only noticed the diacetyl slightly and it doesn’t detract from the taste. It’s certainly a lot better than the ratings below - perhaps the bottled version is poor?

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2011 at 14:51


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Bottleworks. BBF 01/01/11. Oops? Pours hazy dark gold with a slight white head. Aroma is rather crisp and citrus. Flavor is light malt with some hop, and a flavor that suggested marine air. I’m thinking floral, but it’s far from perfumey. Bitter, but not strongly so. English that. I’m putting this down as a session bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2011 at 21:16


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Unfiltered orange-amber color. Big, fluffy off-white head. Slightly odd seawater aroma. Rather straightforward English Bitter. Mild, toasty malt backbone, touches of butterscotch. The hops are sort of one-dimensional, just giving some soapy balance. Sessionable, nowhere near a World Class offering.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2010 at 20:54


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle on 06/28/2010. Slightly hazy copper orange body with a small white head. Sweet citrus and caramel aroma. Sweet caramel flavor with floral hops and a lingering bitter. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2010 at 13:42


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a cloudy amber with a creamy off-white head leaving a neat lacework. Nutty aroma. Medium body, nuts and sweet caramel. Hops appear at first, but the sweet malts win. A decent quaffer. 080810

Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2010 at 09:35


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Cask @HBF 2010. Pours hazy orange color with a small white head. Aroma is malty, slightly fruity. Flavour is seaweed, bit sour. Bitter finish. Didn´t like this at all.

Tried from Cask on 12 Apr 2010 at 01:11


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Green Lion Inn, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruiy malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Sweetish fruity malty flavor. Has a fruity malty finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2010 at 09:25


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

cask at bow ... amber ... floral orange hop nose ... soft fruit hop ... musty dull ovaltine finish

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2010 at 04:26


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Cask at In de Wildeman. Hazy golden colour, almost no head. Very faint flowery aroma. Flavour is earth, grain, dust, cloying fruits, a hint of sulphur, bitter hoppy finish. Thin body, no carbonation. This brought back some RBESG 09 memories...

Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2009 at 12:35


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[500ml bottle from Majestic.] Amber with a thin white head; grassy hop aroma; smooth, oily, texture with some honeyed sweetness, and a dry bitter finish. A rather ordinary bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2008 at 17:53