 DougShoemaker (2614), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 28, 2008
Aroma is a fruity malt with some leafy hops, amber, pours a slim off-white head. Taste is a fine malt, nice woodiness too, hops mingle to a pleasant bitterness. Light bodied, balanced, nice candied after taste. Quite good!
sir_Pino (588), Zawiercie / Żywiec, Poland
Sep 27, 2008 No 584
Rated: 26.09.2008
Bottle transparent, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours clearer than Youngs Bitter but still with yeasty sediments floating in the body texture, pale golden - slightly wattery orangy colour but very pale, like watered down, very gentle saturation and carbonation and initially moderate head slowly decreasing to small, slightly off white, rather moderately firm with moderate lacing, frothy, quite nice lacing.
Aroma: Initially almost repulisvely skunky, practically Heineken Pale Lager like, suggesting dull and poor quality hops being spoiled by the usage of transparent bottle. When you sniff deeper, you can catch some citrusy notes, mainly lemon, lime, orange but very soft and violated by a strong skunk, gently chalky - alcoholic background almost in though an accent of a malt base. A failure considering its profile on Polish market with a refference to its quality as reffered to Polish lagers being four times cheaper and much better.
Flavour: Front is soft, light, kind of refreshing, gently sweet and just immeditely gently bitter from caramel toastyness and nic touch of gently - moderate bitter hoppyness. Refreshing in nose in its soft citrusy - lemon slightly herbal profile, still not much of it, not sophisticated, bready with accidity like from brewing cereal at finish. Finish duration is quite long.
Palate: Body is light, texture is wattery but even tilting towards creamyness, carbonation on palate is moderate, finish feel is highly astringent.
MiP (6029), Flensburg, Germany
Sep 9, 2008 Bottle, 4.7%. Citric CO2 aroma. Clear dark golden colour. Lagery flavour, though OK rounded. Not as grainy as expected, and a little sweeter.
PaulHegedus (119), Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Sep 7, 2008 Bottle. Pours golden with a weak head. Aroma is slightly grassy, with citrus. This is very watery. I taste caramel, sweetness, water.
Mes_and_Sim (4495), Highgate, Greater London, England
Aug 31, 2008 A Mes rate: bottle at Chris O’s Post GBBF Tasting.
Dirty golden brown with a thin white head. The fuggles and goldings are fairly clear as are some none too pleasant earthy notes. Pretty rough and minus points for a clear bottle.
oh6gdx (6343), Vaasa, Finland
Aug 31, 2008 Bottled@Chris O Post GBBF tasting. Golden colour, white small head. Aroma is hops, some mild notes of rubber and wood. Flavour is malts, caramel, fruity hops and some mild earthyness. Pleasant flavour.
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