Crouch Vale Amarillo

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

[Cask at Charlie's Bar] The aroma is very hoppy and sweet. There has been used a really good aroma hop. The aroma is like that of an IPA. The color is orange with a very small head. The hops hits You from the first sip - but is very well-balanced with a well proportioned sweetness. There has been used really good bitter hop as well as aroma hop. A really nice beer - just my style.

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.

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. VERY nice hop aroma - fresh, grassy and citric. Bright copper colour. Flavour is also very nice, hoppy, grassy, citric. Slightly astringent aftertaste.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is really amarilloish fruity along with some slight caramel and spices. Flavour is hoppy, grassy and has some slight hints of alcohol. Also some wood and honey show closer to the finish. Really nice.

2008-06-16, Cask Conditioned at Cockney Pub, Århus, 8-4-7-3-15=37
Hazy blond color, creamy head. The hop gives a wonderful aroma, fruity. It has a lean flavor, with toffee, on the dry side; good bitterness level; but the end is quite weak.

2003-06-22, Cask Conditioned at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen, 9-4-9-5-17=44
Hazy orange color. Wonderful hop aroma, flowery and grassy. Velvety, a good maltiness completely overhelmed by the hop aromas. I love those hop infusions, I’m going to sleep very well tonight!
Crouch Vale is definively one of my best breweries.

Botlle. Amber with creamy white head. Fruity aroma with notes of hops, caramel and pine. Hoppy flavor with grapefruit, pine and caramel notes. Ends bitter.

Cask Stillage at the Civic Hall, Nantwich Beer Festival 28/09/2007 Small white head. Some carbonation. Fruit and hop aromas. Clear golden coloured very hoppy and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry creamy malt finish.