Asda Golden Ale Premium

Bottled (at Chriso’s). Amber color, steady off-white head. Floral, dry citrus aroma, some toffee - "house aroma" of Shepherd Neame. Toffeish and nutty flavor. A bit fizzy carbonated. Aftertaste is quite quick.

Bottled (thanks to the best harrisoni in the world!). Nice honeyish golden colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is toffee, some grass, fruits and some flowery and wooden notes. Flavour is caramel, some fruity and wooden notes. Very pleasant notes of caramel and wooden notes in the aftertaste.

Bottle. Bronze and bright. Small head with hops and citrus combining to produce a slightly bitter well balanced beer.

Amber coloured with a decent, off-white head and a slight carbonation. Caramel aroma with some tired floral hops. Flavour was a lot more enjoyable, with some sweetish malt, summer fruits and more lively floral hops. Finish was marred somewhat by the cardboard effect others have mentioned. Ok.

Bottle picked up at Asda, Peterborough, Camb’s 22-01-09 Pours amber (not really golden?) Aroma is sweet but there is also a little ashtray as weel. Taste is sweet, bit malty its ok and slightly better than anticipated but that’s not really a ringing endorsement, just totted up my score and surprised to see I’ve given it 3.1 must be feeling generous. A 6 A4 F6 P3 OV12

Light amber/ caramel with a large airy head. Aroma of hops with some elderflower smells sweet. Fairly smooth. Tastes of hops with some malt.

Bottle. This is rather more of a rusty red/brown colour than it is gold and pours with a thin, bubbly white head. Hoppy aroma with some caramel malt tones alongside. A decent balance of hop and malt in terms of flavour; somewhat floral and lightly bitter in the finish. What one would expect from SN in all fairness, but slightly sub-par in comparison to Spit & BF.

Not bad. Spitfirish, but somewhat less so. No sign of citrus, but decently malty with plenty of body, the characteristic Shepherd Neame hop bite and smooth palate. A golden ale it isn’t but its a decent enough bitter.