Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
From cask at Hectors. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is smooth fruity, light citrusy to grapefruity. Smooth fruity, light malty and fruity sweet impression. Bitter, peachy and grapefruity into a dry hoppy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Oakford Social Club, Reading - 26/10/12. Slightly obsucred pale golden with a thin head that soon dissipates to a small pond. Nose comprises grapefruit, candied sugar, orange, slightly tarte notes. Taste follows, touch of mango also, light tarteness comes into play again, slightly sour gooseberries. Medium bodied with fairly soft carbonation leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Richard John Blackler - JDW, Units 1 & 2, Charlotte Row, Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L1 1HU.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120117]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Lion Tavern, 67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L2 2BP.Clear medium to dark orange amber colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, nutty, caramel, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, malty, fruity, nutty, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120117]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On handpump at The Old Thameside Inn, London, Saturday 20 October 2012 Pours mid gold with white head. A little sweet also a bit buttery, its fine but Adnams Topaz Gold is better. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov11 3.0
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Retro review from Spring 2012 Wetherspoons Beer festival; maybe I’ve been spoilt with better quality IPA’s but this just lacks that bitter hop bite.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
cask at haymarket ...goldn ... smalll white head ... dry lemon zezt nose ... luight bitter hop front ... somelemon ... litttle orange and grapefruit ... lus something else interesting i cant place
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Dark but with slight red glow, little aroma but has a slightly spiced and sweet taste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Re-rating @ Cloisters meet the brewer. A much less inspiring beer on this occasion, so I’ve averaged my two ratings. Previous rating 20/09/12 = 7+3+7+4+14=3.5 On tap @ the Haymarket. Pours pale and hazy with a proportionate head. The nose is of geraniums and white flowers. The taste is more citrusy, probably lemon in this case and the flowers are evident again. The palate is almost medium bodied, with very well balanced bitterness. Good pale ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Star Inn, 7 Albert Street, West Yorkshire, Huddersfield, England HD1 3PJ.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, dolle, nutty notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120121]