Subsidiaries
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Deep golden to light amber coloured, lacing off-white head; dryish aromatic, a bit cheesy and hoppy nose; moderate bitter flavour, light bodied; lingering bitter finish with traces of toasted malt. Not bad, but absolutely not moreish.......
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2007
at 00:36
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ruby cloloured . very hoppy nose, a full bitter hop, with lots of floral notes in the flavour. Tk 2 Bottle at home ... amber coloured ... floral hop peachy nose ... fruity front lots of bitterness ... fruity dry bitter linger. I used to really like this but would find it hard going 3.5->3.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2007
at 09:09
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
golden oranged coloured ale, little hop on nose, a very light bitter that is particularly hoppy
Tried
on 02 Mar 2007
at 09:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
amber coloured ale, with a pleasent fruit nose and a sweet balanced malt finish . --- Beer merged from original tick of Blandford Fly on 07 Aug 2025 at 16:24 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: bottle at cropredy 2025 Thursday ...copper ..thin white lacing ..soft earth toffee fruit nose ..soft fruity ..juicy sweet fruit and ginger ... juicy fruits
Tried
on 02 Mar 2007
at 09:07
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
brown ale with a malty nose, light roast malt slightly sweet with a little bitter in finish .
Tried
on 02 Mar 2007
at 09:06
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Holborn. Tall foamy white head reduced to a thin layer. Golden body. Light and fresh floral nose. Moderate hoppy profile with a taste of sweet fruits and suggestions of some kind of berries. Rounded palate (01.02.2007)
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2007
at 04:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours a dark amber with touch of a white head; quite lively; spicy ginger aroma, and similar taste; refreshing, despite the sweetness, and quite full-bodied with a dry aftertaste.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2007
at 12:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Huge, creamy head with lots of lace; amber, clear beer. Very whisky-like nose, malty, slightly smokey and lots of honey (the badger would approve). It’s just not very hoppy. Rather dull, even dusty malt taste; caramel malt. Some oxydation. Has quite some body for a rather low alcohol beer, which only helps to underline the fact that the "First Gold" might be there, but not really in force. Txs. to Jezza for supply!
Tried
on 31 Jan 2007
at 00:30
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Can. Frothy white fair mostly deminishng head. Ugly dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Alomost nothing here, but a week touch og flowers. Light acetic, moderate bitter flavor, Average bitter finish, not too pleasent. Warety lively palate. Not a very good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2006
at 07:52
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle: Deep golden coloured; malty and slightly hoppy nose with a touch of vegetables and a tinge of burnt malt; moderate bitter-sweetish finish, light bodied; moderate bitter-malty finish with a vinous fruity touch. Not so pleasant..............
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2006
at 00:27