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Atlas Equinox

Percentile
38
overall
Brewed by Atlas (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Kinlochleven, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
163/5.02.93/5.0Spring4.5%56.2English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Cask; Seasonal - March to May.
Atlas Brewery's spring beer is Equinox, a beer of real subtlety. Brewed with the best Highland honeys, Equinox is a golden pale ale with a fruity, floral spring promise and a hint of honey in the aftertaste.
The beer is brewed with the best Highland honeys, and this shows in delicate notes of acacia and heather on the nose, opening into a body of soft, rounded malt notes. The finish is a long aftertaste of floral hop aromas and a delicious, delicate honey sweetness.
This is not a 'honey beer' as such - it has no overwhelming sweetness or honey flavours on the palate, but the flowery notes in the aroma and the delicate honey aftertaste give this beer that 'something different' that draws you back for another pint!
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 MesandSim (5853), London, Greater London, England
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/52/102/58/20
Jul 5, 2009  
A Mes rate. Cask handpull at Baker Street ‘Sporks.
Clean gold with a good White head and lots of lace. Nice chewy resinous hop aroma with hints of citrus and a delicate sweetness in the background. The flavour is on a whole different level. And sadly, not a good one. Metal. Full on metal. It’s like sucking on a tin can. Bloody awful and not fit for sale. Spoons? Surely the brewer wouldn’t let it go like this. Must have been Spooned.


 sm89walt (453), Canterbury, Kent, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
May 17, 2009  
Cask - Wetherspoons, Canterbury. Golden coloured, average sized white head. Light and hoppy aromas, much of the same in the flavours with an ever-so-slight hint of maltiness coming through. Medium body with a smooth though fairly bland finish.


 Magicdave6 (5520), London, Greater London, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
May 7, 2009  
Cask in the alfread herring. Alround rating: Grainy lager malts, light sulphuryness, fruity limey character, dry grassy bittering hop. Coconut esters later.


 Rune (2830), Tromsø, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 6, 2009  
Cask, half pint in fine condition at the JDWs festival. Low, white head leaving kirchenfenster on the glass. Clear golden body. Mild hoppy aroma. Ditto taste with a resin-oily touch. Nice and lingering bittersweet aftertaste. Medium bodied. Quite pleasing to the palate (Wheatsheaf Bar in Stoke, 02.05.2009).


 downender (2593), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 26, 2009  
Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 26/04/09. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Sweetish aroma, with some honey and floral hops. Flavour had some grains, citrus and floral hops and a decent bitter finish. Pretty good.


 hughie (3061), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Cask at ’Spoons, Milton Keynes, in ’Spoons Real Ale Festival, April ’09. Copper gold with a small white head. Aroma was initially buttery but eventually hops came on strongly. The promised honey never appeared, so the taste seemed a bit grim and sour. Sharp hoppy finish. Somehow this was a bit rough and tough for a golden English spring evening.


 berkshirejohn (1823), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/513/20
Jun 1, 2007  
Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading, Berkshire. Crystal clear pale gold body loose cream head, leaving plenty of lacing as consumed; predominantly hoppy aroma; citrus and grainy flavours; with a pleasing dry and bitter finish. A well-rounded ale, but I didn’t detect any honey.


 M0RHI (1067), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/59/20
May 23, 2007  
Cask, Whey Pat Ale Festival, St Andrews. Gold with no head. Floral hops in the nose, some citrus. Mouth is much the same, slightly more sweet, caramel, but citrus hops dominate. Bitterness lives through to the palate. Quite drinkable, but lacks robustness.



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