James Squire The Swindler Summer Ale
Malt Shovel Brewery in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
6.19
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a near clear straw yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light fruits and fresh grass with a bit of light grain underlying. Flavor has lots of light fruits and a bit of fresh grass and sweet grains underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2019
at 10:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Crafty Squire, Russell St Melbourne. Poured a clear straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a light crisp fresh watery light fruit hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2017
at 09:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught @ Fortune of War, Sydney, Australian. Pours very light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, light fruit, light grass. Flavor is rather light, malt, little fruit. Thin body, lively carbonation. 120317
Tried
on 11 Mar 2017
at 21:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
F: white, normal size, good retention. C: gold, light hazy. A: malt, passion fruits, mango, pineapple, floral. T: malt, hint of mango, light caramel, toast, tropical fruits, apple, light grassy, medium body, medium carbonation, light refreshing summer beer, 345ml bottle from New World supermarket near airport in Nadi in Fiji.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2017
at 08:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, heavily discounted at Dan’s. Gold with a rocky inch of white head. Aroma of mandarins, mango, melon, hay. Light bodied, fairly high carbonation. Not very sweet crackery malt with pleasant fruity accents and a dryish moderately bitter finish. Low key quaffer that’s refreshing and tasty enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2016
at 07:35
6/10
Tried
on 26 Mar 2016
at 06:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
From a 330ml bottle on 2/3/2016. Pours a clear light golden with a medium head. Has a very modest, light fruity aroma. Flavour wise, the primary feature is a sharpish lemony tang, followed by a pretty firm, dry, lingering bitterness, with some bready malt in the background. Light bodied with moderate carbonation. This is quite refreshing and a pretty good quaffer. Not exactly a flavour explosion, but it’s got a bit of character and is a touch unusual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2016
at 03:02
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pint on tap at The Charming Squire. Sour/sweet nose. Crystal clear golden beer with thin white head. Highly effervescent. Chalky mineral water taste. Finish is bitter with that same sourness from the nose. I think it’s trying to be a golden Ale with an APA citric freshness but........too harsh and too sour. Bit of a failure, I’m afraid.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Dec 2015
at 20:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap. Amber, fine carbonation, low white head. Nice citric aromatic hops in the nose.Sparkly, Medium light straw malt body, bitternes with a light iron twist, grassy and citric hop finish. Quite sessionable, shame it is so damn expensive here.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2015
at 22:00