Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Apr 23, 2001 Light, hazy bronze colour; malty, toasty palate with notes of both cocoa and coffee. fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Jan 15, 2002 Gold ale. Strong hop aroma; the aroma suggests some North American barley wines, such as Ipswich 1084... Medium bodied, bitter, aromatic. The palate too is dominated by the hop character, and enough persistent. argo0 (7009), Washington DC, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Sep 28, 2008 (50cl bottle, best before 6/09) Large white head atop hazy straw body. Aroma is medium sweet, straw, lemon, some grass, light honey/bread. Taste is medium sweet, lemon, some straw, light honey/bread. Light body, some wateriness, quite drinkable. TBone (6850), Pori, Finland
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Nov 2, 2007 Bottled (BB 12/2008)
Golden slightly hazy color, small white head. Red currant juice aroma. Very crisp carbonation. Lemony, orange flavors, hops rise in the finish, aftertaste nicely bitter. Kind of fruity, otherwise maybe too clean and pasteurised. Maria (6326), Thisted, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | May 8, 2007 Amber with a nice head and lace. The aroma has a lot of earthy/smoked peat notes. The flavour is slightly sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, smoke fruit and flower. The finish is long with a discrete bitterness, that develops and grows stronger. Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Nov 7, 2005 Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Light malty, fruity aroma and a sweet very dry malty, hoppy taste. Medium body and a sweet very dry finish. Magicdave6 (5558), London, Greater London, England
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 | Oct 17, 2005 Easy going hoppy well balanced aroma. Taste is similar with the bittering hops having a wee play. An easy goign session ale. Bov (5514), Bienne, Switzerland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 | May 9, 2009 courtesy of Laurent Mousson (WBA) - clear golden-bronze colour with a firm and long lasting white foam; flowers and tangerines in a quite discrete nose; good malt body and quite tart/astringent; fairly hoppy finish, very aromatic
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