California Steam
Tollgate Brewery in Calke, Derbyshire, England 🏴
California Common / Steam Beer Regular|
Score
6.56
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Brewed in the style of a West Coast lager to produce a pale golden colour.
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7/10
Bottled version, 4.3%. Thanks Simon! Grainy fruity beginning. Easy to drink, fruity with a very dry and grainy finish. Mild, grainy, dry and rough. Grain, nice bittered, fruity. Interesting, rich, sessionable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2023
at 20:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.882 Global - #656 England - #1 Tollgate Brewery (My English brewery #218)] Pours light yellow with a small head. Aroma: barley malts, soft lemongrass and dough. Taste: lemony peel, yeast and smooth pale malts. Next one please!
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2023
at 11:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @GBBF Winter Beer Festival CAMRA, Burton on Trent, 18/02/2023. Color amarillo espuma blanca, aromas y sabores cereal malta, herbal.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2023
at 20:45
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at CAMRA Winter Beer Festival 2023, Burton on Trent. Pours pale yellow straw gold with a white cap. Aroma: pale malts, lemon, melon, grass. Taste: moderate sweet & light bitter, grains, light bready, honey, lemon, floral. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Nice to try something a bit different, it was OK.
Tried
from Cask
at
GBBF Winter Beer Festival CAMRA, Burton on Trent
on 25 Feb 2023
at 10:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Old Bell, Derby. Poured a very pale straw with minimal white head. Mainly biscuits in the aroma together with some cereal grains. In the mouth it is pretty sweet with honey, fruits, grasses and general floral flavour. The finish is sweet and dry. A welcome change from the normal pale ale or session IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2021
at 14:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Blonde, clear with a bit of white head and lots of fully lacing. Medicinal and somewhat metallic smell with husky grain. Sweet taste with honey and agave syrup turning bitter for the dry hoppy finish. Long grainy aftertaste with bitterness lingering on the tongue. Not the best beer but it's an admittedly tough style.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2018
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Vas. Gravity dispense. Barrow Hill jamboree. Pale gold. Thin, white head. Nose has creamy malts. Some vanilla. Light, leafy hop. Taste is light sweet. Palate let’s things down a bit, being thin and watery. Soft bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2016
at 15:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Rail Ale Festival Chesterfield, 2016. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is citrus hop, light creamy yeast. The flavour is light bitter with a creamy fruity hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2016
at 09:02
6/10
Tried
on 31 May 2016
at 16:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Rail Ale ’16, 20/05/16. Pale yellow with an off White head. Nose is pale malts, lemon rind, straw, melon. That’s comprises lemon, toasted grain, fresh grass, light bread notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2016
at 03:15