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This has more hop character than what a traditional English Pale Ale on nitro generally has. It is a nice addition to this ale. It gives it a little more character without trying to hard. A strong regional sessionable ale.

Cask at George and Dragon in Conwy and Old White Swan in York
Dark gold. Creamy white head slowly shrinking to thin foamy top and some lace.
Beautiful Aroma hay and apple. Taste. Zesty spicy bitterness, light toasty hay and apple. Tinge of grapefruit citrus. Good.

Poured pale golden colour with a half inch head with decent retention. Slightly malty taste.

Overall very drinkable, would buy again.

 

Had on cask. Somewhat cloudy orange pour, full pearl white head, trace lacing. Mild citrus hops with grassy flair in nose. Taste hits the orange and lemon with and very mild hops, yeast and malt are short lived. Feel is a touch watery underneath the leading hops, warm and thin.

 

500 ml bottle, from CITTI-Markt Flensburg. ABV is 4.2%. Deep golden colour, slightly hazy. Moderate white head. Aroma of malts, grain and dust, some toffee. Fairly refreshing flavour, medium dry, grain, toffee and moderate fruity hops.

Cask conditioned at The Shakespeare, Durham. Deep golden colour, low head. Fruity and floral notes in the aroma. The flavour is slightly fruity and medium bitter.

a fine cask pull here, the first i have had from these guys. its rusty orange toned and clear, paler than a lot of its peers, with a classic creamy inch of white head from the engine, really nice conditioning evident with this one. the nose is muted, but lightly bitter from the hops with an orange and grapefruit citrus vibe, and some familiar english maltiness, toasted but short of nutty, sweet but not desserty, and more than enough to balance the hops, which present as bold for an english brew of this nature. the yeast and the ferment are fantastic here, drying and bready, old worldy but somehow making this crisper than most, almost a lager type snap on the back end with the hops, really clean pint to drink on as these cask beers go. good mineral profile to this, some decent body in the center, and enough life to it that it keeps moving. i like the way this seems objectively fresh, uncommon with these but thats the case, and i love the creaminess of the texture. a great afternoon sipper, fun to get into a bunch of cask stuff around london with my wife, i wish this style and this pour method were more common in the states. this is one of the better ones we had.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bottle

Pours clear, orangey-gold, clear, decent head and retention.

Bit of orange, fresh hop aroma, Taste brings some malt, more light hops. Low minerals, light-mid bitterness. Slightly drying.

A solid beer in bottle (it's better as well kept cask)

L: Golden amber colour, one finger initial head, some lacing
S: Citrus, bread, celery
T: Lemon, grass, bready malts
F: Slightly low bodied, but nicely balanced

O: 4.25

Love this beer. It’s on draught at my local pub but I prefer it from the bottle. It has great balance: hoppy, citrus bitterness balanced with a sweet biscuity malt. Refreshing and clean but with a creamy mouthfeel to finish. Just a touch of carbonation to liven it up. Just what I want out of a pale ale.
I find it a welcome change from the strongly hopped American styles.

 

 

Nice session beer, mildly hoppy, good mouthfeel if a bit watery, easy beer to drink.

 

 

Per explicar alguna cosa sobre aquesta cervesa només em faria falta una paraula: pobre. Un producte totalmet prescindible i que no tornaré acomprar; a no ser per algú que digui que li agradi la cervesa però que no en tingui ni idea

L- Deep amber, clear, pours with 3mm just off-white head.
S- Very mild, just a little malt.
T- Some malts, some reasonably punchy hops that lead to a moderately bitter-dry finish.
F- Extremely well carbonated in the mouth, it has a very mild malty richness that balances against the above hopping.
O- It's pretty old school and trad to me. The kind of beer that would be hard not to enjoy having, and that many would be happy drinking for years.
It's also the kind of beer that has been sold by Waitrose for years and yet I've walked past the beer aisle 200 times, assumed I've 'tried it years ago' so never bought it. This time I happened to x-check the Waitrose range *on-line* and see which I'd yet to review here. This beer was one, plus another I assumed I reviewed years ago also came to my attention.
500ml bottle BBE: 03/2021 £1.50 from a Waitrose in London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

De Hipercor. En vaso de pinta de Ikea. Jugando a Lara Croft Go. Algo aburrida. Ligera, con suave sabor maltoso, algo de amargor y poco mas. Anodina. No dice mucho

 

Pours a clear golden amber coloration with a medium, frothy head and slightly visible carbonation. Smell is rather hoppy, with a fresh citrus aroma and certain grassy note, but also lighter, bready, bicuity malt. Taste follows the nose, being dominated by hoppy, almost zesty citrus notes and somewhat lighter grainy, biscuity malt, as well as mild notes of toffee and honeydew melon. Finishes with a light bitterness and some grainy, citrus notes lingering in the aftertaste. Soft mouthfeel with a light/medium body and medium carbonation.

A very pleasant English Pale Ale dominated by grassy, citrus hops, but balanced nicely by grainy, biscuity malt and with a very nice, soft mouthfeel and carbonation. (reviewed from bottle)

 

 

 

 

Pours clear light copper beer with thin off-white head, low retention.
Smell - grain, herbal hops.
Taste - grain, slightly biscuity.
Light-body, soft carbination.
Mediocre.