Drink Moor Beer! (I totally have this on a glass.)

SOMERLAND GOLD from MOOR BREWERY

Colour: Amber/gold, like apple juice.

Head: Aww not so much.

Fragrance: Label says fruity-vanilla. On The Hop says "apple-y".

More haunting photography : Burrow Mump, Sedgemoor, Somerset. Quite near the home of Moor Beer.

The fruity aroma belies the tang-free nature of this booze. Although if you savour it, rather than chuck it down your throat, you will find the tang does occur. (Who writes this crap?)
Deceptively strong - don't drink more than one of these in any one sesh. Well, you could, but don't expect to get owt done the next day.
A taste of the orchard from the heart of the peaty moor.
Gorgeous.                                                                          

Score on the Corinthian Pale Ale Scale:

 
 

The Sea, The Sea....

ICEBERG from TITANIC BREWERY

Colour: Bronze. Simple as that.

Head: You came to the right place, sir.

Fragrance: Lovely comforting malty fragrance - I could happily wear this as a perfume.

There's a haunting picture of the very iceberg that did for the Titanic, just for you.

And there is a haunting picture of the very pumpclip that advertises this beer in public houses and whatnot, just for you.
This beer is a wholesome, rounded face-full with a pleasing tang. There is a hint of strong tea in there, which I like because you can legitimately sink said face-full and go "Aaaaaahhhhhh, that's hit the spot" with relative impunity.
My notes call this an old-style booze with downability approaching a less tang-some, less alcoholic pint. I have no clue what I thought I meant by that. Still.
This from http://www.chesterbeerandwine.co.uk/, which is literally three doors away from me. So if you're in the area, pop round. Bring beer.
The bottle is clear glass, which I have since discovered is A Bad Thing. So, don't keep it in the sun. Luckily beer never hangs around long in my house. Unsurprisingly.



Score on the Corinthian Golden Ale Scale:

 

Cascade - not just a wanky business term for telling all employees the same thing.

 

CASCADE PALE ALE by SALTAIRE BREWERY

Colour: Bronze

Head: No thankyou, we're Yorkshire born and bred. (Shame).

Fragrance: Malty. Very malty. Like a malteser dipped into a blackcurrant pressé. Perhaps.

Oooooh now, that puts me in mind of Robinson's Unicorn (http://www.robinsonsbrewery.com/catalog/product/view/id/15/category/22).

This is good. Very full-bodied. Very nutty, and with a hazelnut tang like that, you could happily sink six of these in a riverside beer garden whilst being hassled by alcoholic vagrant squirrels.
This bottle was brought to me (or more correctly, bought by me) via the wonder of http://www.chesterbeerandwine.co.uk/

Corinthian Golden Ale Scale:
and a half Ale-urons.

 

The Englishwoman Who Drank A Beer That Was Named After A Mountain

 1085-SNOWDON'S LAGER by THE GREAT ORME BREWERY

From the genii who brought us the glorious Celtica comes this: an lager. 

Colour: Well, it's lager-coloured, innit? A good bit richer in amber hue though than the off-yellow piss you get under normal circs. 

Head: Ohhhhh yes. All of that.

Fragrance: A sharp, cidery aroma assails the nose-al area.

This lager is exceptionally crisp and fresh tasting. Fuller of body than what your mainsream drinks industry is pleased to call lager. 

This would be amazing to have out of an ice-bucket at a barbecue. But there again, so would Celtica. http://www.greatormebrewery.co.uk/cask_cd.htm

To be honest, I'd probably just drink the Celtica. Yeah. Do that. 

Corinthian Lager-beer Score:  

7/10 Ale-urons