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Orkney Northern Light (Bottle) 2.99 64

Orkney Northern Light (Bottle)

Percentile
45
overall
Brewed by Orkney (Sinclair Breweries)
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale

Stromness, Orkney, Highlands & Islands, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
643.01/5.02.99/5.04%66.9English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Bottle; Filtered. 500ml.
Previously 3.8%.
"A light and refreshing beer. A surprisingly full mouth-feel with a superior balance of malt and hop, and a rewarding fruit finish."
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 garza (134), Caracas, Venezuela
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 21, 2009  
Normal far malty aroma, a bit malty taste some citrus. Far malty aftertaste. Good but not great.


 thebeertourist (2822), Oslo, Norway
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
May 12, 2009  
Bottle from Centra, Oslo. Clear, pale golden with a big off-white head. Grassy, citrussy and somewhat spicy malt aroma and flavours. Good, clean finish. Highly drinkable.


 KnutAlbert (3217), Oslo, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2009  
Bottle from Centra. Clear golden beer. Avoids the usual trap of British golden ales, as it is not too sweet. Well balanced malt and hops, cereals, citrus, crisp finish.


 larsga (2980), Oslo, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 18, 2009  
Big offwhite lasting head. Yellow body with light carbonation. Fruity floral mealy hoppy aroma with citric malty pea notes. Fantastic harmony. Dry-sweetish floral citric peas taste with peppery mealy grassy notes. Smooth mouthfeel. Clean, fresh palate. Fullish body. Dry chalky floral straw and malts aftertaste with pea and biscuit notes. Excellent and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)


 OleR (2106), Oslo, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 9, 2009  
500 ml bottle from Meny Liertoppen. Clear pilsner golden. Mostly diminishing fingerthick white head. Mild earthy and fruity hop aroma. Taste is light sourish, semi-dry pale malts, earthy, almost resiny bitterness, and a faint citrussy fruitiness. Medium to light body strenght. Finishes superdry, with a lingering fruity bitterness. A quenching one, nice session beer.


 gunnar (588), Sandnes, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Apr 8, 2009  
0,5 l bottle.Pours clear light golden, with a small whitw head. Fruity hoppy aroma. Weak malty taste, with some citrus as well.


 TheGrandMaster (1872), Auckland, New Zealand
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 6, 2009  
Bottle (in), pouring a light golden colour with a foamy white head. A nice and healthy fruity hop aroma on a bed of juicy malt. A light mouthfeel, with the hops doing a good job of giving it a fruity flavour while still leaving it very sessionable. Just enough bitterness in the finish to bring you back for another sip. Surprised this hasn’t rated higher.


 Sigmund (2300), Hafrsfjord, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Apr 2, 2009  
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.0%. Crystal clear pale golden colour, big to moderate white head. Moderate aroma of fruity hops, hint of apricots. Light bodied and refreshing: The flavour has distinct fruity hops on a moderately sweet bakground of malts, ending in a well balanced resinous and grapefruity bitterness. A nice little summer ale this one.



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