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Dark Star Hylder Blond 3.22 16

Dark Star Hylder Blond


Percentile
67
overall
Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Haywards Heath, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
163.39/5.03.22/5.0Special4.2%91.3English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Cask; Special - July 2008.
A delicate and lightly hopped beer brewed with the restrained bitterness of Czech Saaz hops balanced by the summmery taste and aroma of freshly picked downland elderflowers.
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 gary07734 (407), Tyne & Wear, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Pours golden blonde, mildly floral hoppy pint, with the elderflower coming through just before the citrusy bitter finish. The elderflower seems to go rather well, decent.


 ante (2951), Stockholm, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in a hazy golden colour with a small creamy white head. Dryish aroma of lemony hops, grass and elder with undertones of cookies. Medium to light-bodied with notes of crackers, lemon-zest, elder and orange-peels. Crisp medium-bitter finish of lemon-zest, cookies and grass.


rabidbarfly (57), London, England
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/56/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Not much on the nose, appearance is on the dull brown side. The flavour is awful, I hate elderflower but wanted to try this as it’s darkstar and they usually make great beers. Held my palate hostage for far too long. Yuck.


 Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Cask at the Evening Star, Brighton, 14th July 09. Clear gold with a lacy head. Very strong elderflower aroma and flavour. Definitely different and not to everyone’s taste, but I liked it. Quite a dry finish too.


 bman1986 (142), Broadstairs, Kent, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Cask at The Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate: I found this one to be mildly disappointing. Fruity and refreshing with plenty of citrus going on. Elderflower is not particularly subtle. I’d like to give this one another go at some point, it was certainly interesting.


 omhper (12242), Stockholm, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 2, 2008    Updated: Sep 3, 2008
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear golden. Citric nose with vanilla and elderflower. Medium sweet with light-medium body and rounded mouthfeel. The elderflower acts as a spice in the background. Together with hay and citrus it provides refreshment and some late bitterness. One of the more succesful spice beers from Dark Star.


 Svesse (2679), Hässelby, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 31, 2008  
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Golden yellow colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus, elderflowers and washing-up liquid. Fruity taste with citrus (lemon, orange), elderflowers and generous doses of fresh, citrussy, grassy hops in the finish. Nice and very refreshing.


 TEJA (289), Stockholm, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 27, 2008  
Draught at OT. Nice Englich hop aroma and elder flower. Taste is fruity and elder-lemonade also present. Low bitterness but a very refreshing summer ale.



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