Shepherd Neame Goldings (Cask)

Cask, gravity Merton Summer Beer Festival July 2005, retrospectively added from notes Pours golden in colour initially a tad sweet but the bitterness is there, reasonable hoppiness and fruitiness the sweetness returns again, its ok.

Shepheard Neame has an ale for all seasons and this is its Summer offering - Golding by name, Gold by nature! It has a golden colour and a golden taste to match. The taste is very hoppy, slightly sweet and very bitter - tastes stronger than it is. This has now been replaced as Neame’s Summer Ale by the inferior organic Whitstable Bay. "Bring back Goldings for Summer 2007 those boys from Faversham" pleads I!

Cask Handpump at the Friar Penketh, Warrington (JDW) 21/07/2002 Golden amber coloured and hoppy with some sour fruit flavour. Lasting malt finish.

(Cask at Olver Twist, Stockholm) Dark golden with a small disapearing head. Notes of grass, sweat and old fruit in the aroma. Malty, lightly fruity flavour of nuts. Unclean, grassy finish.

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Bronze colour. Aroma of boiled vegetables and tiger balm. Sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel. A simplistic ale that I would’ve guessed were poured from a can.

(Cask at The Wharf, Aalborg) - Dark golden colour. very aromatic hoppy, buttery nose. An easy drinking seasonal from sheps, with a good balance between the soft flowery notes from the goldings hops, and a slight biscuity dry sweetness towards the end.

Cask. Dark copper colour. Green apple flavour and aftertaste. OK pint, but too boring for me.

Cask at The Cricketers, Canterbury Now normally I like the Shepherd Neame seasonals, but this pint was the bottom of the barrel and I had to return it. Landlord was very good and took it off sale straight away and went and changed barrel. I will re-rate when I have a better pint.