5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
19th July 2010
Clear gold beer. Little white head. Semi crisp and semi dry palate. Soft malt with a tiny bit of honey sweetness. Watery orange hop before a dry finish. Standard stuff!
Clear gold beer. Little white head. Semi crisp and semi dry palate. Soft malt with a tiny bit of honey sweetness. Watery orange hop before a dry finish. Standard stuff!
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 07:26
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask@The Wenlock Arms, London. Yellowish golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity and floral with some mild dough and zesty notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, honeyish with some bready and earthy notes as well.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2012
at 02:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Brown 500ml bottle, best before 31 Dec 2011, poured into a UK pint sleeve on 27 Jun 2011. Crystal and Halcyon malts with local honey give the beer a true golden hue. On top an off-white foaming head sits proudly. Challenger, WGV and Cascade hops give the beer a hoppy aroma, mini spice esters from them also, no honey smells though. Tangy and crisp, mildly sweet, but those aforementioned hops ensure there is a hop bite from the start and a bitterness as the mouth dries. The hops were not just for the aromas they provide, that is obvious in the flavours as you savour this fine brew. Could have had more depth of body, but it is supposed to be a fairly light summer beer, so I can forgive them for that. Overall, an easy beer to drink and on cask I suspect a delight.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2012
at 03:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sep 2011: Three pints taken during a ‘Meet the Brewer’ evening at my local Wetherspoons. This amber bodied beer looks and tastes like a good quality British Best Bitter should; the aroma given off is predominately of hops, but malty esters are also in the mix. The taste is a subtle caramel and toffee blend of malty molasses, a hop undertone of bitterness is there at first, but hides as the malts assert themselves. Leaning towards creamy, but quite getting there: it shouldn’t, it’s a Bitter not a Stout. Very easy to drink, especially when the brewer is regaling stories of ‘dare doing’ and adventure while you attack his beer.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 06:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint, hand pulled during a ’Meet the brewer’ evening in my new Wetherspoons (Oct 2011). Golden copper coloured body, clear and fairly bright, thin white head on top. The challenger and goldings gave off a nice hoppy aroma, not too strong but they were there for sure. The taste was a mix of the said hops and some mild toffee flavours, not unpleasant but fairly weak. The beer is only 3.6% ABV but it lacked umph and the body wasn’t heavy enough for me. I’d imagine it to be fine on a warm, sunny afternoon watching cricket, but I didn’t really take to it I’m afraid.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2012
at 03:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
This is the beer that got removed from the UK House of Commons bar because of its name and bunny girl pump clip: the PC womens lib lot complained and it was taken off (cask). I have drank it at the old brewery tap before they moved to larger premises a few years ago, well before RateBeer was on the scene: this review however is from a 500ml bottle. Best before the end of March 2012, it was poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard on 6th March 2012. This is a true blonde, lager light in its golden looks, on top a smooth foaming white head. The aroma is citrusy with floral hop overtones. The taste has a tangy, citrus hop front that leads towards a dry, bitter finish: strangely the rear label claims the beer is bitter then citrusy, maybe my taste buds are the exact opposite of their head brewer/taster? Definately very little malt content to be found, wheat is also used in the brew, hence the light colour, plus of course those Halcyon Pale Malts: no sign of them in the taste even if they do decide the colour. Refreshing and hoppy, this is a summer beer in my eyes, an outside in the sun sort of brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2012
at 08:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (The Rockstone, Southampton) - Gold/amber in colour. Malt and honey in the aroma. Fairly hoppy and refreshing taste with notes of tea, peach and lemon.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2012
at 02:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Plough & Harrow, JDW, Hammersmith W6. Pours a clear golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma with hints of grapefruit. FRuity malty hoppy bitter peachy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Feb 2012
at 07:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.. Hazy amber with a loose white head; aroma of tropical fruits and a touch of carmael; full on sweet grapefruit and orange flavours in the mouth with strong resinous bitterness from the , presumably New Zealand, hops; then more sweet grapefruit to finish. A great NZ-style IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2012
at 07:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Greaty hoppy aroma that transfers well into a nice malty flavour with some fruitiness.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2012
at 13:18