6/10
Tried
on 27 May 2016
at 14:27
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sample from a bottle at Blacker Hall Farm shop, near Wakefield. Re-badged as Ploughman’s Gold, for the farm shop. Clear, straw colour. Froth of white head. Very grainy, sweet malts on the nose. Some grassy hop. Taste is lemon juice bitter. Feels a little thin and slick. Grassy finish. Not for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2016
at 08:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ The Sportsman, Huddersfield. Tawny-gold colour with a creamy head. Has a floral nose with light sweet berry noes, also with a hoppy-floral taste. Easy drinking with a small smoothness and slips down the palate with ease.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Mar 2015
at 07:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Old Post Office, Halifax. Golden with a creamy head. Has a light easy drinking texture with a few hops evident. There’s a berry sweetness in its nose.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Feb 2015
at 04:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, a few lonely white bubbles not making a head. Light palate, semi dry, Mild fine carbonation. Very light malt. Hops are mild lemon marmalade and orange peel bitterness. LIght semi dry bitterness. Light semi dry finish. Not bad at all and a bonus of a pumpclip guaranteed to offend the politically correct!
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, a few lonely white bubbles not making a head. Light palate, semi dry, Mild fine carbonation. Very light malt. Hops are mild lemon marmalade and orange peel bitterness. LIght semi dry bitterness. Light semi dry finish. Not bad at all and a bonus of a pumpclip guaranteed to offend the politically correct!
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2014
at 06:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Ring O’ Bells, Halifax. Almost black with a thick smooth head. Has a fine burnt roasted malt aroma and similar taste with some coffee evident. Medium to full bodied it slips down the palate well.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 May 2014
at 07:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Grove Inn, Leeds. Golden with a creamy head. Has an identifiable pale ale texture with a dry hop base and some fruitiness. Light and easy drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Apr 2014
at 09:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Leeds Beer Festival. Golden-blonde with a small head. Has a floral peach aroma and peaches provide the core of its mild fruity taste.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2014
at 15:06
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Leeds Beer Festival. Glowing copper with a thin head. Has a sugary sweet aroma and taste with a lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2014
at 13:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ White Lion, Heptonstall. Blonde with a thin head. Tropical fruits abundant with a small lemon citrus twist to it. Medium Bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2014
at 08:19