Ossett OId Gurners
Ossett Brewing Company

The name "Old Gurners" is derived from a medieval sport of "Gurning", a competition of pulling faces...?! Nowadays the World Championships of Gurning is still held annually in Cumbria, dating back to 1266AD. So much so for the history. The beer itself comes in a 500ml, long-neck brown bottle presentation, BBE 07/2006, served cool in a straight imperial-pint glass.

A: dark yellowish to pale golden colour, the white beer head comes restrained but quite frothy and sustains well, against a very low carbonated body.
S: which better term than "honey-water" should I use to describe it? It's exactly like that, plus a deeply juicy, flowery scent of hops, longan-fruit tea, and creamy malts with suggestion of peardrops at the back. Pleasant and refreshing, with balanced inputs from hops and malts.
T: oh this is lovely... a floral/flowery sweet flavour of hops hits the palate upfront with a touch of dried sultanas, like bitter herbal tea with a dash of longan-flower honey; gradually, the juicy citrus-fruity flavour (lemon), and a tannic, tea-ish texture develops, leaving behind a soothing mouthfeel of bitterness with only a slightest dryish feel from rounded hops. Throughout the tasting the malt presence provides a solid but "quiet" backbone, without standing in the way of the prevalent hoppy performance. Very well-made indeed!
M&D: mellow and smooth on the palate, while microscopic and finely-tuned carbonation helps maintain a creamy fizzy mouthfeel; this beer tastes far weaker than 5.0%abv. but is still medium to full-bodied as a whole due to the density of flavour. A refreshing and easy-to-quaff pale ale it is. This is exactly the kind of English ale which is understated at the first sight/sip, but consistently enjoyable.