Fresh bottle from this Somerset brewery, thanks to Jeremy! Modern English golden ale with thick and largely stable, eggshell-white, very moussy head and lightly hazy, warm and pure 'old gold' robe, the diffuse haze perturbed by strings of small-bubbled sparkling. Delicately hoppy aroma, impressions of lemon blossoms, cheese crackers, dried out starfruit slices, soap, grapefruit peel, cream, fresh camomile flowers, even 'green' hop oil straight from the hop cone. Cleanly fruity onset as is custom for an English ale, hints of green apple peel and unripe banana, very lightly sweetish and subtly sourish, lively carbonated but in an elegant, small-bubbled way, supple and bit soapy mouthfeel. Dry crackers and dried white bread malt body, sweetish with a thin creaminess to it (perhaps a last remnant of diacetyl, also very vaguely detectable in the nose), finishing florally and eventually even grapefruity hop bitter, resinous and spicy, quite strong for the style, but the light malt sweetishness continues beyond the finish as well, even with a vague honeyish touch to it. Firmly hopped in a (post)modern way, so in a sense an update of the more classic, late 20th-century English golden ale. Very enjoyable.

Cask @ Navigation Tavern Autumn Beer Festival 2017. Dirty-golden in colour with a head. Has some light citrus with a light floral-bitterness.

Bottle. Golden orange with a thick though quickly fading head. Aroma of honey, grassy hops and some citrus fruits. Taste is slightly fruity and pleasingly bitter. Aftertaste is rather short. Solid mouthfeel. Not spectacular by any means but it’s a nice Ale. Also goes well with Whisky.

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27th August 2011
Gravicask at the Angel mini beer festival, Kelvedon. Slightly hazy gold beer. Little white head. Smooth, semi dry palate. Nicely balanced. Pale malt - dry. Fresh mild marmalade orange hops with a trace of grapefruit. There is a little honey somewhere as well. Semi dry finish. Not bad.

cask at gbbf 2011 ... golden iorange ... soft sweet lemon pineapple nose ... dry mellon ... again pineapple hop..

Cask at Ealing beer festival 2011. An amber golden/coloured pour with a small white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, citrus fruit, bitter. OK.

Half pint, from cask at St. Urhos Pub. White ring to the rim of the glass. Near-clear, amber coloured body. Moderate smell of leafy hops. Fruity hops with hints of resin in flavour. Spicy bitter endnotes. Over par for a golden ale (Helsinki, 06.02.2011).

Cask @Kitty´s. Poured amber color with a bubbly head. Simple citrus fruit aroma. Flavor is some citrus, also quite malty. Bit harsh, but not so much disturbing. Quite bitter finish. Drinkable, but not very interesting.