Crouch Vale Brewers Gold

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

[cask at GBBF 06] Aroma of sweet fruits, ’tropical’ i suppose, some citric notes also. light body, dry finish where a little bready malt comes through. A fine session beer.

Golden appearance, medium carbonation. Frothy white head. Fruity aroma, gummy bears and wine gums. Sweet ginger finish.

cask @ london drinker 07. I had this one marked with a star as a must-try and I was sorely disappointed! Very pale yellow w/ white head. Nice nose of lemongrass, hops and fruit. Bitter grapefruit, floral perfume and dishsoap in the taste. Honestly, I don’t get it. What’s so great?
*Re-Rate - Cask @ The Pride of Spitalfield.
You can’t even imagine how happy I am that my palate has evolved...A few months ago I slagged this off but,Oh My, how wrong I was...
Golden with a lasting white head, left a nice lacing on the glass. Great conditioning at The Pride by the way, I love the way it clouds up when you swirl the glass. Grassy, floral hops with tropical fruits, orange, pineapple and grapefruit in the nose. Again tropical fruits in the taste, almost like a juice blend with orange, banana, pineapple, hops and some malt rounding it off. Last night I drank two pints in halves, each time saying this was my last, and returned tonight, on my way home from the gym, for two more...Well balanced, delicious and only five mins walk from mine...Score!

Cask @ , Cambridge, UK. 28th May 2005
Very blonde with a certain burton character. Very hoppy and still clean tasting. Fruity and refreshing. One of the better modern blondes.

Cask at the Queen’s Head in Chelmsford. Clear, yellow beer calls out for sunshine but provides some of its own. Fruit in the aroma is tangy and zesty but subtle, with a light graininess and light bitterness in the flavor. That zest is what ties it all together. Delicate and refreshing.

cask at 3 legged Mare, York: So I really thought that this was the brewers extra gold when I saw if at the pub because I didn’t know this one existed, just recognised the name from the site and said that I had to try it, and I was not dissappointed at all. Matter of fact I can’t imagine what the extra gold must taste like. The beer has a lovely floray hop aroma with some papya in the backround. I could have just enjoyed the aroma all night. It comes of the pump a translucent golden that looks to be the essence of refreshing with small white cask head that laces wonderfully. Flavor with wonderfully hoppy and bitter. The hops start out as bitter and earthy with hints of citrus, but finish floral and citrusy. Delicious. medium body. beautiful golden ale

A real education for me, a great English beer. Hopefully I’ll find many more. Apparently this isn’t on good form, still very good to me. Nice light hoppy and very drinkable. I could drink this in one, very downable. It’s now drunk, I’ll certainly have more respect for English beer. I thought it was for bearded elbow patch wearing driving glove classic car fuckwits. Not so by this stuff.

At London Drinker 25: As pale as decently allowable but with a nice white head. Cascade-like nose of grapefruit and pine needle aromas. The sweetness just claws it back from the hops, well balanced. Some nice toffee flavours too. A little thin. Sweet and refreshing with lovely little fruity hops. In a bottle: Though it is filtered it stands up well to the process. A tad sweeter definitely but still very tasty.