7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Rose & Crown, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow with small white head and excellent lacing. Summer fruits to the fore in a strong aroma, together with lemongrass and floral hops. In the mouth it is sweet, smooth and fruity. Flavour has summer fruits, tangerine, mango and hints of elderflower. Becomes more hoppy (floral ) after a while. Finish is fruity ans slightly sticky. This is rather nice – much better than I expected from the description “golden ale” !