6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy to frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy, light grass, dry grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2013
at 11:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 23 Nov 2012) Chestnut colour with almost no head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of apple, caramel and vinous aromas of dry sherry. Malty, fruity taste with dried fruit, apple juice, dry sherry and a slight rancio character in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness and a generous bitterness with slightly leafy hops. Quite complex, but a really tasty barley wine. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2013
at 14:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ King’s Head, King’s Head Passage, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP20 2RW.Clear medium to dark brown red colour with a average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, spicy, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, creamy smooth, sweet nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111204]
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2013
at 08:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
[500ml bottle from the brewer’s own stand at the Thame Food Festival] Pours deep gold with a mdeium white head and a moderate fizz. Rather lager-y in flavour up front, then some florals and citrus - and unfortunately a hint of vomit. Dry from the off, but as always from Chiltern there’s a good, rich, malty mouthfeel. More florals in the long, slightly bitter finish. One of those golden ales which are crafted to try & tempt in lager drinkers, who will no doubt ignore it entirely & stick to their tasteless megabrands. Unfortunately, the light flavours and hint of lager will mean that it’s also shunned by ale drinkers. So it’s a bit pointless really, plus thehint of vomit put me off. Very disappointing from one of my favourite local brewers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2012
at 07:13
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Gravity Dispense at the White horse Parsons Green. It pours clear golden amber with no head. The nose is rather bland... syrupy sweet, honey and tinned fruit. The taste is rather sweet, raisin, golden syrup, wood, leaf and melon. Medium body, flat, syrupy and cloying. A challenge to drink.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2012
at 05:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The White Horse Old Ale Festival, London. Pours clear ruby with a small, tan foam head - it looks great. Big bready malt nose with light toast. Light to medium sweet flavor with dried fruits, bread, toffee and a touch of tang. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately dry to finish with dried berries and bready malts. Alright.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Nov 2012
at 01:23
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ King’s Head (Farmers’ Bar), King’s Head Passage, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP20 2RW.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, honey notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, thin, dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111204]
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2012
at 06:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
[Cask fom the brewer’s own stand at the Thame Food Festival] My first green hop beer, apparently grown from self-seeded wild hops at the brewery. Light amber with a slight white head. Leafy nettle, a little lemon and some blackberry leaf give a rather grubby overall flavour. Chiltern have as usual got a decent mouthfeel, but flavourwise this is not one of their better beers I’m afraid.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2012
at 12:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle purchased from the Kings Head, Aylesbury, Bucks, Saturday 22nd September 2012 consumed at home Sunday 23rd September 2012 Pours light gold, good clarity slim white head atop. Fairly average golden ale, though as with many from Chiltern it us beyond criticism other than for the fact that it fails to excite and is far too safe. Middling bitterness, not to much sweetness, dry, little bit fruity, but lacks a defining character to make it stand out from the myriad of other cattle in the safe MOR golden ale shed. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2012
at 08:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpump at The Kings Head, Aylesbury, Bucks, Saturday 22nd September 2012 Pours amber with a light filmy head, good clarity, golden glints eminating from body of beer in the early autumn sun. Light malty and fresh nose, hoppy but not overly so, middling bitterness, its fine but touch safe, in fact very safe, if you’re going to use locally grown fresh English hops then use plenty. A6 A5 T6 P3 Ov12 3.2
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2012
at 09:34