Gilt Complex
Surrey Hills Brewery in Dorking, Surrey, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.73
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A huge hop aroma introduces the "King of the Golden Beers". There is a hint of spice in the fruity flavour and a long finish that completes this classic beer.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear golden colour with an average sized foamy white head with slowly settled. The aroma is grassy and lemony with some toasted malt notes. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, sweet toasted malts, light caramel, mandarin and lemon flavours with a zesty citrus bitterness.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2023
at 14:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra cask på The Mossy Well (tap takeover), delt med Steven: klar gylden med cremskum som varer. God maltsmak med overmoden citrus og noe urtebitterhet.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2023
at 20:46
21/08/2021. NELSON ARMS, 19 Cromer Street, TONBRIDGE, Kent, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 06 Feb 2023
at 15:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the brewery. Pale copper, clear. Grassy hop nose, spicy, soft malts, citrus. citrus acidity and grassy hop flavor, very light malt, but more than Ranmore, a touch of peach and bread. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2019
at 09:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at white Hart, Chobham. Not much aroma wise - some malty hints. Gold. White head - creamy but also blotchy. Starts off delicately: light bitter, lemony citrus. The lemon the really barges up front, gets sharper and tarter. Medium bodies. Slick. Soft carbonation. Astringent, as I mentioned it’s tart. Not the king of holds I was promises. However I noticed that it was first on tap about 5 days ago so may well have suffered for that. Became very one noted, as if lemon juice had been squeezed in.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2017
at 12:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Jolly Sailor, Farnham, as Surrey Hills Guilt Complex. A pale amber pour with a ring of white head; grainy aroma; crisp, with a pithy orange citrus taste; and a sweet finish with some honey. A rather non-descript golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2016
at 09:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Light haze on this paleish gold beer. Good size bubbly white head. Palate is airy and dry, mild fine carbonation. Good marmalade and lemon hops, light floral tones. Light dry finish. Lemony bitter linger. Decent.
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Light haze on this paleish gold beer. Good size bubbly white head. Palate is airy and dry, mild fine carbonation. Good marmalade and lemon hops, light floral tones. Light dry finish. Lemony bitter linger. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2014
at 01:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 15th Kingston BF, 16/05/14. Clear ale golden with a good sized white head of bubbles that retains. Nose is grassy, lemon rind, toasted malts, light caramel, tangerine, citric pithdom. Taste comprises mandarin, straw, toasted bread, citric zest. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness. Decent GB.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2014
at 09:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Hare and Billet, Blackheath. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus, spice and light malt aroma.Flavours of cinnamon and cloves. Spicy-sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jun 2013
at 08:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is floral and grassy hops along with some mild lemongrass, spices and bready malts. Flavour is sweet malts, mild breadyness along with lemongrass, grass, some fruity and floral notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2012
at 22:03