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Dark Star Hophead

Percentile
90
overall
Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Haywards Heath, England

bottled
available

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1263.58/5.03.54/5.03.8%99.7English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Cask: Regular.
Light, hoppy, refreshing bitter.
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 sm89walt (460), Norwich, Norfolk, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 29, 2009  
Cask - The Butcher’s Arms, Herne. A golden yellow coloured beer with a fine and frothy, lasting white head. Nice sweetness on the nose with orangey citrus fruits and a grassy note. The flavours combine this citrus backbone with more grassy qualities as well as a delicate floral tone. Lightish body but packed with flavour. Crisp and refreshing with a lasting palate texture and bitterness as well as a warming sensation in the throat.


 DruncanVeasey (2753), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 9, 2009  
Gravity, Rugby 09. Brilliant yellow gold haloed with white. Sweaty fresh squeezed hop aroma suggesting grapefruit and lychee. All that in the mouth with lingering oaty vanilla, digestives, rabbit hutch. Sweaty and bulbous at the strength. Classic festival opener.


 mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/58/103/515/20
Apr 10, 2009  
[1885-20081206] Cask. Burlap hops grass aroma. Clear, medium orange brown body with quick white bubbles. Grassy hops flavour is not particularly bitter, long finish. Medium body. Enjoyable, packs some punch with flavour, not alcohol.
(@ Cole’s; Buffalo, NY)


 PJClarke (709), London, Greater London, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Apr 5, 2009  
Cask @ London Drinker 25: Really pale with a cute white lace. Big grassy hops on the nose with heavy underlying honey. Quite petrolly. Big flavours. Hops and cereals fight head-on whilst a tickly bitterness yeilds to mellow hay only to reappear in the back of the throat. All underpinned by tangy marmalade. Thin and a little grating on the tongue. Good flavours, if a bit in-your-face. It’s a little hard on the inside of your mouth though.


thedees (15), England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 4, 2009  
Cask Salopian Bar - Golden yellow with a striking cascade hop aroma. Very clean with an abundance of flavour for a beer of its gravity.


 garthicus (1309), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 24, 2009  
Buffalo cask festival. Appearance: Light yellow with a slight haze. Small white head. Aroma: Nice grapefruit/hop aroma with some sweet cherry too. Flavour: Malty hop, nice juicy/bitter mouthfeel and a long dry finish. Nice.


 Dickinsonbeer (3499), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Cask at Rattle n Hum. Pours a light golden with a slight fluffy white head fades a bit. Aorma is lightly hoppy- on the grassy side-0 and a bit herbal with crackery light pilsner/pale malts and a slight mineral catty thing going on. Flavor is doughy, some crackery malts, herbal and grasy hops with a light fruity ester - pear and light malts in the end. Somewhat crisp and fairly clean overall.


 altonbrownd (1958), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 3, 2009  
Cask at Brew Head, London. Golden body, slight head. Mild aroma. Lighter fruits, Grapefruit and Citrus definitely. Crisp. Smooth.



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