6/10
Tried
on 24 Feb 2015
at 17:46
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle that Dad shared with me- cheers! Gold with a moderate white head. Far too fizzy. Nice fresh lemon up front, then caramel and vanilla take over. Mildly bitter at the end, but lacks crispness. This may have been one of the earliest (if not the first) UK golden ales, and was no doubt rather innovative at the time, but nowadays it doesn’t stand up to comparison with it’s modern rivals and is a below-par example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2015
at 17:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask during a Wetherspoon Beer Festival in 2010. No notes as pre-Ratebeer for me but rating transferred from the Facebook Beerseek app.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2015
at 12:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Penderel’s Oak JDW, Holborn, London, 26 Nov 2014) Amber colour with brief, beige head. Malty nose with notes of nuts, dried fruit and caramel. Malty taste with caramel, nuts, dried fruit, a touch of chocolate and a fairly sweet finish with a moderate bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Possibly a touch too sweet, but quite tasty. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2015
at 16:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the standing order. Pours copper, nose is light toffee, taste is light, malty toffee, dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jan 2015
at 02:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at JDW Bishop Vesey; clear amber pour with a frothy beige head, fruit and spice aroma, taste has digestive biscuit, sweet caramel, christmas spices come through at the end.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2014
at 11:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Standsted airport. Hazy gold with a solid head. Malt and yeast in the aroma and flavour, a little fruit, ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2014
at 13:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Kings Head (JDW), Salisbury. It starts off alright; deep golden-amber with a thin white head and a reasonably rich body with a light fizz. Up front there’s straw, syrup, bready malt and a vague hint of spice. But then the straw turns damp, mildewy and earthy, and there’s a rising taste of vomit. There’s little Christmassy about this beer, and by the end little to like either, despite the reasonable start. Shame.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2014
at 13:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Assembly Rooms, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet creamy malt. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet witn a big malt, red berry fruit, light hop bitter palate and a short bitter finish. Medium bodied witn soft carbonation. A drinkable session ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2014
at 15:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Court Leet, Ormskirk. Clear chestnut colour with a small head. Has a small sweetened aroma with some tasty grainy-malts despite a slightly thin texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2014
at 09:34