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Caledonian Golden Promise (Pasteurised) 2.91 245

Caledonian Golden Promise (Pasteurised)

Percentile
37
overall
Brewed by Caledonian (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2452.91/5.02.91/5.05%53.2English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Pasteurised bottle and can. Also sold bottled (filtered) as Organic Premium Ale for the Co-op.
Golden Promise was the World's first truly Organic Beer. By pioneering the use of Single Varietal Organic hop flowers from Kent and combining them with organically grown Scottish malted barley, yeast and water, we have created a unique and flavoursome beer; Fire Brewed in Britain's last remaining open coppers.
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 jde123 (715), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 30, 2004  
Pours a respectable apple juice/grapefruit juice color, nice aroma of citrus and apple: this organic ale is extremely fragrant. Nice experience after a long day of crap. Very complete full mouthfeel, tastes great. Strong bold flavor that jumps out at you, unlike many other organic ales. I recommend this one.


 Frank (1071), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Oct 24, 2004  
Pours a hazy golden as promised (har!) with a little bit of head and a few tiny spots of the old lace here and there. Nose is interesting but not really so great--banana, toffee and a bit of gypsum. Really, this pretty much tastes like a bad European lager, a bit too sweet with not much going on except some play between a bunch of flavors that don’t mix well or necessarily taste good on their own.


 MilkmanDan (1940), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 10, 2004  
Brilliant deep gold, nice lacing. Nose sweet toffee, some berry. Flavor is quite sweet and malty, rather tart in its fruitiness, green apples. Decent hoppy bite at the end. Creamy. Pretty good stuff.


 igel (196), New Mexico, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/511/20
Sep 2, 2004  
Pours an amber color with a hint of red, a small head, light carbonation, and sticky lace. The smell is of mowed grass, malt and hints of fruit. The taste has a light sweet start and a biting finish. The feel is fairly watery with some cider characteristics, but little effervescence ? not a lot of body. IMHO: A refreshing start and mouth feel, with very unusual balance of characteristics. Hard to pin point, not that distinctive, and not very promising.


 Boystout (900), Chisinau, Moldova
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/102/57/20
Aug 19, 2004  
Pale golden colour, thin head, unpleasant sourish aroma, empty palate with hints of rotten apricots. Effin’ organic beers!


 chriso (4852), London, Greater London, England
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 15, 2004  
It’s certainly a golden colour, but I was a bit surprised by the dominance of biscuity, cereally malt on the aroma. Some more aromatic elements do appear on closre exemination, but are well hidden. The flavour is also dry and malty, with some bitterness, finishing bitter, slightly acidic and with a tinny edge. OK, but I found it a little dull. I prefer a more lively hop presence in beers of this style. 500ml bottle from beersofeurope.co.uk BBE 31 August 2004.


 JensenTaster (1588), Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/101/56/102/512/20
Aug 8, 2004  
(on bottle)"Award winning"They all seem to have won something. First organic beer, since they started spraying or what. Anyways, this is a nice and quiet beer. Promissing sent of fresh cut grass, hops and vanilla. No real mouthfeel, but a sweet peachy finish. Good for a hot evening in a beachbar...like mine, hehe.


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/102/55/20
Aug 3, 2004  
Golden color, light fruity malty aroma and taste, medium body, light bitter finish.



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