Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Beer Emporium, Sandbach. Brown colour with a off white head. Aroma is toffee and a touch of chocolate. Taste is light sweet with a light citrus sour but fruity finish
Olut (21769) reviewed Merlins Gold from Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire) 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Golden coloured ale. Lightly hoppy with a few sugary malts and a bitterness.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Spellbound from Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire) 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at GBBF 2015. It pours clear amber with a small white head. The nose is bitter-sweet, doughy, grainy, cereal, honey, brioche and stone fruit. The taste is toasty, bitter-sweet, grainy, grass, bread, orange, lemon rind and spice with a dry, sort of sweet finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Simple golden bitter. OK, but forgettable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask at GBBF 2015, day 1 - London. Pours clear, deep gold with a foamy white head. A bit of ripe citrus and pale bread in the aroma. Light-medium sweet flavor, with some grainy bread, ripe citrus, bitter orange rind. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced finish, a little resinous, with more rindy orange and bread. Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 1, 11/08/15. Golden orange with moderate off white spotting. Nose is melon, toasted malt, orange zest. Taste comprises straw, toasted notes, bitter citrics. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok ... more veering towards a GB than a bitter for me.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Spellbound from Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire) 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2015 day 1. Clear golden orange coloured pour with a faint white head. Aroma is light caramel. Hedgerow berry, light grassy. Flavour is stale grainy Malts, light vinegar, . below par low boost golden . palate is grainy, moderate low carbonation. Meh.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2015... Copper.. Thin tan lacing... Soft dry orange fruits nose... Dry toffee fruit malt
yespr (55501) reviewed Spellbound from Merlins Micro Brewery (Cheshire) 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy, light toasted malty. Bitter, fruity and crisp hoppy.,dry and bitter finish.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Merlin Dark Magic ].Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, toasted, chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, chocolate, roasted, toasted, caramel, hay. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141008]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Brewery Tap House, Chester [270115]
Golden, clear, thin white head
Aroma - Rust, soft minerals, fusty, bitter, not a good aroma
Taste - soft light caramel malts, some dry earthy hops, soft twiggy hops, average
Palate - Light body, soft sweet malts, fairly bitter earthy hops. Finish is a bit dry and bitter
Overall - Not my sort of beer