8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Cask) Dark gold, clear; good creamy head. Overwhelming aroma of noble hops. Superb. Very bitter(ish)-hops. Nears USA-IPA style, with a British hopcharacter even when actually American hops were used! Slight flavour of piecrust, which rounds it off perfectly. Medium bodied, hoppy aftertaste. Brilliant - English cask at its best. And I have Burgundian Babbler Jeremy Gray to thank for the recommendation!
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2003
at 04:19
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask) Pale gold beer, slight white head. Nose with remarkably flowery bitterness. Taste is like some lemon-scented tea, enriched by hops. Light bodied. Long hops aftertaste. Very nice light bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2003
at 04:13
5.1/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Cask at GBBF 2003] A hazy yellow beer with a fine head. It has next to no aroma - only notes of malt. The flavor is smooth and sparckling with a prickling on the tongue. It is rather bitter but not much reminisence of wheat. It is pretty bitter for a wheat beer. An OK beer, but not what I expected.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2003
at 17:11
5/10
—
Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at GBBF 2003] A light yellow beer with a creamy but disappearing head. The aroma is sweet and simple. The flavor is sweet and simple too but it ends on a fine bitterness, that turns dry and lingers. A simple but good bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2003
at 16:47
8.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned at Helsinki Beer Festival.
Golden colour. Rich flowery, soapy hop aroma. Softly malty. Richly hopped with citrusy really bitter finish.
Golden colour. Rich flowery, soapy hop aroma. Softly malty. Richly hopped with citrusy really bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2003
at 05:17
6.8/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Golden; nose is quite fruity, with a good hop rate; fresh-tasting, fruity (pineapple, blackberry, pear); slight mineral note.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2002
at 16:00
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A bit cloudy, light tan. Very fresh, leafy, powdery dry hop aroma. Rich hop bitterness, light berry and fruit overtones. Bready and complex - great breezy malt backbone. Brilliant - and I liked it last time I had it (3.5).
Tried
on 24 Aug 2002
at 17:44
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled cask conditioned at the White Horse, London.
Golden colour. Big fruity aroma (lychee!!)medium bodied with complex flavours. Slightly roasty, bitterish finish.
Golden colour. Big fruity aroma (lychee!!)medium bodied with complex flavours. Slightly roasty, bitterish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2002
at 05:40
9.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Rerate, 2015, 500 ml bottle, from Prima Beer, Hobro. ABV is 4.2%. I had to sample to bottled version to see if the glamour from the cask version was gone. It is not. Still a lovely and refreshing beer, with tingling hops throughout. Original rating 2002: (Cask conditioned at The Grid, Southfields, London). One of the best beers I’ve ever tasted! Top rating at The Great British Beer Festival. A real ale bitter with a complex aroma and flavour, still it’s surprisingly light and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2002
at 07:53