Crouch Vale Brewers Gold

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

Cask at Seven Stars, London. Golden with creamy head. Good fresh herbal and parfumy hops in the aroma with aromatic maltiness. Strong hop flavor with very good maltiness and some tropical fruits. Finishes bitter-fruity and malty. Tasted much fresher, hoppier and maltier than previously at Helsinki beer festival 2006 (rated 8/2/6/3/12).

Golden in colour with a fruity hop nose.hoppy bitter grapefuity with a little sour linger on tongue... TK 2 ...Nice fruity bright hop ... soft and fruity ... bitter grapefruit linger.

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!

@GBBF’09. A veil of white foam cover a bright golden ale with a subtle hop tone. A superbly balanced session beer.

Tasting notes from 2003 Banbury beer festival. An excellent golden ale and what a treat. Golden, clear with white head. Citrus, caramel, and fresh floral aroma notes. Citrus (Grapefruit) and balancing caramel notes. Refreshing bitter finish that invites you to continue the session.

Bottle. Pours slight hazy golden coloured with a medium sized lasting and lacing egg white head. Dry and hoppy aroma with notes of citrus fruit, grass and flowers. Taste of grainy malt, caramel, fruit and grassy hops. Lovely beer.

Cask. Good solid beer. Lightly aromatic but the proof is in the tasting. Lightly sweet, hoppy and a slightly bitter finish. A well proportioned beer. Not to big on anything. Re-rated I had to revise this upwards. It’s just a quality drink, on more often then not at the Wenlock Arms. Clean fruity, hoppy and lovely.

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

Comments: Very citrusy, limey and floral, tart and bitter cask ale of high quality.