Double Swan
Elgood and Sons Ltd

Double SwanDouble Swan
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From:
Elgood and Sons Ltd
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
English Pale Ale
ABV:
4.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.74 | pDev: 2.41%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 17, 2008
Added:
Jul 25, 2005
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by hunteraw:
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Reviewed by hunteraw from China

3.65/5  rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: pours a golden honey color with a fluffy white head which leaves copious amounts of lacing in rings after each sip.

Smell: floral and grainy, grainy/grassy combination slightly reminiscent of a continental pilsener, but a bit of ale fruitiness seeps through.

Taste: solidly bitter for the style, hops are more spicy/herbal than anything else. aftertaste lingers. malt profile is simple and leaves something to be desired.

Mouthfeel: served at cask temperature, but probably would have benefited from more chilling. somewhat creamy texture, light-medium body.

Drinkability: fairly average for the style
May 17, 2008
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Reviewed by wl0307 from England

3.83/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
BB 28/06/08, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.

A: pours a perfect light amber hue with a off-white pillowy and rocky head with good retention; carbonation remains constant and light.
S: light hop resins and an overwhelming wave of lemon-floral and slightly stinky dried-grassy note of English hops fill the nostrils, backed by a whiff of salty-sweetness of yeasts and dense pale malts; also in the mixture is a touch of feather-light wheatiness. Very clear in composition, and featuring abundant hops in the brew. BTW, the overall aroma reminds me of Hopback's Summer Lightning a lot.
T: sharply bitter, semi-spicy, earthy/grassy hops (Challenger+Fuggles?) upfront are underlined by a deep layer of aromatic pale malts... turning dryish in the end, where malt-sweetness, hop-zestiness and bitterness merge beautifully to result in a long and harmonious aftertaste. IMO, the depth and length of bitterness are ideal by the standard of an English Blond Bitter.
M&D: medium-bodied and pretty refreshing in texture, while the fizziness comes a bit higher than ideal. This is a pleasant, strongly hoppy ale, full of hoppiness and a great depth of bitterness to enjoy. Not as good as its draught version, but not far off, either.
Nov 13, 2007
Double Swan from Elgood and Sons Ltd
Beer rating: 3.74 out of 5 with 2 ratings