Top Banana
The Caledonian Brewing Company

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The Caledonian Brewing Company
 
Scotland, United Kingdom
Style:
English Pale Ale
ABV:
4.1%
Score:
+9 ratings needed
Avg:
3.06 | pDev: 0%
Ratings:
1 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 24, 2008
Added:
May 05, 2007
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Reviewed by wl0307 from England

3.06/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
Tasted by a half-pint at the Moon under Water, a JDW pub at Leicester Sq., Central London. Hand-pulled w/o a sparkler.

A: dark golden in colour, with an off-white creamy head fed by very fine, micro-scopic fizziness.
S: weird... a semi-stinky touch of overripe banana skins and sour-sweet creamy and buttery note...
T: banoffee-pie upfront, followed by maltiness and cherry-like sour fruitiness... grassy, dry-ish hoppiness with a rather chewy bitter edge prevails in the aftertaste, where as water-biscuits' bitter-sweet edge also lingers.
M&D: refreshing and light on the texture; while the hop bitterness is very welcome in this otherwise very sweet ale, the overall flavour is awkward and shows no balance... more an intriguing ale than a delicious or quaffable one.
Feb 24, 2008