Gold 'n' Perle
Derby Brewing Company

Tasted by a half-pint at the Devenshire Cat, Sheffield. Served by a handpump fitted with a sparkler.

A: golden hue, creamy white beer head with superb retention; carbonation is stable.
S: citric theme of hops (Goldings-like) with a lightly floral touch (Perle hops?), along with a quite refreshing edge of hop resins and a thin flow of juicy malts. Overall the aroma features the intense and lively citrus-ness with very little intervention of malts.
T: a profound depth of unripe tangerine-like citric flavour and camomile-like flowery bouquet both prevail on the palate, laden with a very light but substantive maltiness at the back… a straw-ish, tannic, mildly zesty bitterness creeps down the palate, expanding towards all corners of the mouth; also lingering in the finish is the great length of aromatic and chewy maltiness.
M&D: smoothly-carbonated on the palate, well-structured in the flavour profile, a complex but clear hop theme with a great depth. A supremely quaffable Golden Bitter that improves on the palate sip by sip!