Double Swan
Elgood and Sons Ltd
- From:
- Elgood and Sons Ltd
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- English Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 1.87%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 31, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 25, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Cask. Almost clear. Light amber. Narrow frothy head.
Floral and earthy hops on the nose. Light caramel present.
More malt upon tasting with a hoppy bitter finish. Nicely balanced.
Quite dry. Soft carbonation.
An easy drinking EPA
Oct 31, 2025Floral and earthy hops on the nose. Light caramel present.
More malt upon tasting with a hoppy bitter finish. Nicely balanced.
Quite dry. Soft carbonation.
An easy drinking EPA
Reviewed by hunteraw from China
3.65/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
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, 2008Smell: 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
Reviewed by wl0307 from England
3.83/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
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, 2007A: 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.
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