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Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
- From:
- Salopian Brewing Company Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 14.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Mar 30, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 05, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
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The intention of the hop character is to be pronounced but not all encompassing, dry but not overtly bitter and a tiny hint of sweetness to add body. Its one of the most expensive of the Salopian beers to brew as it relies heavily on expensive hops from the US.
A crisp, sparkling sunflower gold ale with a striking hop profile. Dry and refreshing with a long citrus aromatic finish.
CAMRA National Champion Golden Beer 2019
A crisp, sparkling sunflower gold ale with a striking hop profile. Dry and refreshing with a long citrus aromatic finish.
CAMRA National Champion Golden Beer 2019
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Spike from England
3.84/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
500ml bottle. Very pale, very floral, barely bitter English pale ale brewed with US hops. A pint of honeysuckle & summer sunshine. A super refreshing, easy-drinking, golden ale.
Jul 22, 2020
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4.21/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On gravity at Belfast Beer Festival ‘15.
Pale sunshine with white film. 4
Big flowers and lemons - American! 4.25
Lorna Doones, golden syrup, lemon hard candy, nectar, tangerine rind, and resin. 4.25
Pineapple - both sweet + acid - finish and dry linger.
Crisp, some oil. light-medium. 4
Real depth to the malts - sweetness and body. And then booming American hops. The balance a bitter should have, even if it’s really a golden ale. Salopian continue to impress. 4.25
Dec 11, 2015Pale sunshine with white film. 4
Big flowers and lemons - American! 4.25
Lorna Doones, golden syrup, lemon hard candy, nectar, tangerine rind, and resin. 4.25
Pineapple - both sweet + acid - finish and dry linger.
Crisp, some oil. light-medium. 4
Real depth to the malts - sweetness and body. And then booming American hops. The balance a bitter should have, even if it’s really a golden ale. Salopian continue to impress. 4.25
Reviewed by Jerseyislandbeer from Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle from a friend who visited Shropshire. Pours a straw colour with a small white head. Aroma has light floral hops, grass & citrus fruits. Taste is also quite light, but really crisp, with citrus, peach, pine, grass, some biscuit & some honey. Finish is lingering bitter, grassy and crisp.
Apr 26, 2014
Reviewed by BlackHaddock from England
3.88/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
First had this in the summer of 2010, with friends on the banks of the river Severn about two miles from the brewery: this review however is from another cask ale outlet, my local Wetherspoons in Jan 2012, two pints hand pulled.
This is a good looking beer, golden/light amber body with a full white crown which stays as well as leaving lacing on the glass.
They use US hops in the brew to give it a hoppy aroma and taste, but don’t over do it: I guess Cascade (mostly) being the ones giving the hop feel. The smell is therefore hoppy, piney and semi-citrusy.
The taste is predominately hoppy with the malt content preventing a complete take over, good combination of flavours, some grapefruit dryness and bitterness combated by the milder malts.
A very good session bitter and the Salopian beer I now look for when out with friends.
Feb 02, 2012This is a good looking beer, golden/light amber body with a full white crown which stays as well as leaving lacing on the glass.
They use US hops in the brew to give it a hoppy aroma and taste, but don’t over do it: I guess Cascade (mostly) being the ones giving the hop feel. The smell is therefore hoppy, piney and semi-citrusy.
The taste is predominately hoppy with the malt content preventing a complete take over, good combination of flavours, some grapefruit dryness and bitterness combated by the milder malts.
A very good session bitter and the Salopian beer I now look for when out with friends.
Reviewed by rarbring from Sweden
4.3/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A light amber, nearly brass, colored beer. A white head leaving good lacing.
The smell is citric, grape-fruit, and floral, pine and fresh grass.
Tasting initially sweet of caramel and toffee, then grape-fruit and bitter orange, very bitter!
Small carbonation, soft and fresh, a dry finish.
This was a truly lovely beer, enjoyed in the beer garden at the Rake in London.
Jul 29, 2010The smell is citric, grape-fruit, and floral, pine and fresh grass.
Tasting initially sweet of caramel and toffee, then grape-fruit and bitter orange, very bitter!
Small carbonation, soft and fresh, a dry finish.
This was a truly lovely beer, enjoyed in the beer garden at the Rake in London.
Reviewed by seanyfo from Scotland
3.26/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.26/5 rDev -14%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pint served in imperial pint glass by handpump.
A- Very creamy 3 finger head with excellent retention and lacing. Body is a light blonde colouring.
S- Lots of floral hoppiness here, grapefruit citrus, only faint malty bread dough notes.
T- Lots of hops in here, maybe overpowering the malts. Citrus comes through in the finish. Only well into the aftertaste does any malt nuttiness come through.
M- Low carbonation, light body.
D- Refreshing certainly with the hop profile but id like a little more malt sweetness in the start to balance this, leaving me more satisfied! Nevertheless, an interesting hoppy bitter, while easy to drink i dont know if id want more than 1 or 2 before desiring something slightly sweeter.
Oct 05, 2008A- Very creamy 3 finger head with excellent retention and lacing. Body is a light blonde colouring.
S- Lots of floral hoppiness here, grapefruit citrus, only faint malty bread dough notes.
T- Lots of hops in here, maybe overpowering the malts. Citrus comes through in the finish. Only well into the aftertaste does any malt nuttiness come through.
M- Low carbonation, light body.
D- Refreshing certainly with the hop profile but id like a little more malt sweetness in the start to balance this, leaving me more satisfied! Nevertheless, an interesting hoppy bitter, while easy to drink i dont know if id want more than 1 or 2 before desiring something slightly sweeter.
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