OHanlons Goldblade

Brewed by OHanlons
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Whimple, England

rbesg07, bottled. golden, faintly hazy, very dull malt character, hint of pine, lemonade ice block, slight tartness, pretty messy

Bottle: some mild sour yeasty notes, some sweet banana malty notes, nice mild lemon and orange hoppy bitterness, some fruitiness, some matalic notes, watery body and mouthfill, pretty weak flavored and dry finish. overall an ok beer not much more.

Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Poured with a massive head. The flavor is citrus with large hints of lemon and then spices after that. The beer is a bit thin, but not a bad beer.

Nose has an abiding scent of yeast, also with wheat and subtle aroma of banana. Big but quickly reducing head. Pours a cloudy gold. Taste is tart with wheat predominant. Some carbonation. Also malt, sugar and banana. Finish is dry and hoppy. The taste of alcohol os distracting for me. As the beer warms up the wheat taste is released and the alcohol burns away to a more pleasnt drink. All in all an interesting beer but unrefined for me.

Bottle. Slightly hazy golden with a disappearing medium white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma with some malt. Sweetish fruity flavor with wheat, yeast, some malt and mild hop bitterness in the finish. Lots of carbonation.

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

Comments: Hop oriented beer that neglects a bit the support malt, mostly in the palate department.

Bottled. RBESG. Hazy golden colour. White head. If you really want it, it might have the wheat beer appearance, like it claims to be on the label. Spicy yeast aroma and flavour lacking in esters and phenols. I sense amarillo hops and a wheaty backbone. Bit on the dry side.

Murky as you like. Heaped and snowy. Wine gum nose packed with lemon and tangerine. More citrussy hops than wheat initially. Crisp, bitter and fruity. Wheat emerges in a long, biscuity aftertaste. Attractively hopped and quenchingly bitter wheat beer that probably shouldn’t remind me of Rulles Estivale/Tripel, but does.