6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand pulled half pint in the Punchbowl (a Spoon's in York) on 20th May 2026. Guess the colour! White roof and an easy going beer, cheapest half I'd had all day (day two of our three day York Pub Crawl).
Tried
from Cask
at
Punchbowl
on 20 May 2026
at 17:00
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can looks very simple. Beer in the glass deep golden, small head. Malty-moldy aroma. Starts mild, malty, spicy. Modest dry. More and more moldy-wheaty notes, grasy. Finish again moldy. Sweetish background. Shy bitter hints. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2026
at 19:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival 2026, Beer#15. Clear golden coloured ale. Hopped character with very light tropical fruit notes. Has a heavy bittered finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival
on 26 Feb 2026
at 20:48
5.5/10
Christmas present from my stepson, drank at home. Normally I would avoid beers from t'other side o' t'Pennines but this was as described on the bottle "Session Blonde" and I could imagine quaffing a few quite easily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2026
at 19:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Ben Rhydding is the east village of the town of Ilkley where the brewery hails from. The beer is a hazy golden colour with a dry texture and taste, the latter holding some tropical fruitiness that does linger. Only fair because of the aforementioned, but worthy.
Tried
from Draft
at
Nightjar
on 16 Jan 2026
at 02:27
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours golden brown with a medium sized scummy off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly floral hops with hints of citrus and mango. In the mouth it has no great flavour at first with a little sweetness giving way to slight bitterness after a time. More flavour comes through later, starting with malts, floral hops and autumn fruits. Later still come traces of spice, alcohol and citrus. Finish is sweet and slightly dry. This is somewhat on the bland side.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Picture House (JDW)
on 07 Jan 2026
at 14:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Notater fra Furuveien, sammen med Petro og Per: klar gylden med fint skum som varer. Citrus, urter, krydder. Frisk og lettdrikkelig med god ettersmak preget av krydder og furunål. Mye drikkeglede i en lettøl. 0,5 flaske fra Marens importkoffert.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2025
at 17:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Huge thanks to Erzengel for that one! Bottle looks simple but good. Beer in the glass with a nice head. Starts mild, malty, spicy. More and more fresh hoppy notes, some lemon. Mild bitter background. Shy metallical touch. Finish well balanced, again with nice fresh hoppy notes. Not bad!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2025
at 05:43
2/10
Vesine, väga alko vaba maitse, tee, kerge okse. Ei.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2025
at 22:26
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Old rating - A pint from the cask at the Head of Steam, Leeds. Pours a dark amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruit, berries, spice & herbs. Didn't enjoy it & hard to finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2025
at 08:23