Must be this mob’s best beer? Not much of a claim of course! The Golding hops are used to great effect and provide a very genuine English Ale feel with nice earthy / grainy flavours running right through the palate. Malts revert back to macro averageness and there is too much fizz, but, not a bad effort from these guys.

Sweet malt hop aroma. Red amber colour with good head and lacing. Malt hop flavour with bitter aftertaste. Fizzy palate.

Bottle (375ml). Poured a light amber with frothy, off-white head which was mostly diminishing. Aroma was earthy with caramel malts, sweet toffee, cooked brown sugar, and hints of oranges. Flavor was smooth caramel malts with a light bitterness, subtle fruitiness (oranges) and some metallic notes (light) with a nutty dry finish. Medium bodied with lively carbonation, watery texture, dry mouthfeel and an ok finish. Not a bad beer from Boags, I would say it would have to be my favorite from them by a fair margin, but I found it to be a touch to carbonated for the style.

375ml bottle served chilled. Clean pale amber body with fluffy white head and lace. Earthy citrus hops on the nose, some underlying sweet toffee malt. Creamy lively carbonation, sticky texture, lean bodied compared to authentic British ales. Slightly sharp hop presence, dirty marmalade, a bit sweet, reasonably bitter finish, quite abrupt. Another reasonably typical Aussie-made British ale clone, simply doesn’t have the malt backbone and fresh hoppiness of the real thing.