Crouch Vale Amarillo

Brewed by Crouch Vale
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
South Woodham Ferrers, England

Cask @ The Rake, Borough. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a white head. Malty fruity and very hoppy citrus aroma. Sweet malty and hoppy citrus flavor. Long malty and hoppy finish with a bitter aftertaste.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 4
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 1   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 3   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : XX   Hay : 3   Toasty : XX   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 3
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 4   Leafy : XX   Spicy : 3   Floral : 4   Lemon/Lime : 2   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : 3   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : 2   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 3   Oily : 1   Chalk : XX   Astringent : 2   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Original in its hop bill, but not as fresh nor lively as others and quite watery really.

Cask @ GBBF ’07. Pours a brilliant golden yellow. A nice friothy head to boot. Light body. Soft mouthfeel. Hops, lemon and spice in the nose. A restrined sweet beer. One of the Champions of English beer.

Cask at GBBF. Clear golden with a small white head. Dryish and oily hoparoma of orange-peels. Hoppy roangey flavour with subtle spicy and metallic notes. Long dryish bitter finish of orange-peels and grass.

Cask. GBBF ’07. Lovely golden colour with foamy white head. Aroma is of spice and fruit while the taste is sweet and citrus. Little too sweet and extremely hoppy, however this is still a great beer,

(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug 2007) Golden yellow colour with foamy white head. Slightly hazy. Fruity nose with lots of grapefruit, lemon and serious amounts of Amarillo hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with grapefruit, lemon and pine needles. Long, harsh finish with loads of citrussy hops. As usual this brewer is’nt stingy with the hops. Rather one-dimensional, but yummy for a hophead.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, pine, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Cask at Peterborough Beer Fest. Golden colour. Rich lychee aroma. Sweet and velvetty soft, really hoppy and somewhat sugary. Medium bodied with lingering bitter finish. Has this lovely seemless fhoppy flavour profile. With a tad less sweetness it’d be something mindblowing - now it’s just great.