Okells Maclir

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Cask conditioned at The Golden Lion, York. Served at correct temperature. Golden colour. Creamy head, nice lacing. Moderate wheaty and citrussy aroma. Pleasant wheaty and lemony / grapefruity flavour, soft mouthfeel, refreshing. Rerate, 500 ml bottle, bought at ICA Middelthon, Stavanger (also available at Vaaland, Bryne). ABV is 4.4%. Crystal clear pale golden colour (like a pilsener), big to moderate white head. The aroma is hoppy with grassy and citric notes. Refreshing hoppy flavour, ending in a grapefruity and slightly resinous bitterness, there is some malty sweetness but it is quite subdued. I thought the cask version had more of a wheaty character than the bottle. Well, the bottles are pasteurised, so that probably explains it. More of a "well hopped pilsener" character here. Not bad though.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 7

courtesy of oh6gdx - pours a pale hazy amber colour leaving almost no foam; a decent aromatic hoppiness with notes of cream and flowers; initially rounded malt profile, moderately sweet, some late harshness probably due to the wheat used; dry and bitter but quite short finish - not bad

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

Bottled. Copper coloured, mediumsized beige head. Hoppy and flowery nose with hints of some fruits. Flavour hoppy and fruity with some malty hints. Huge hoppy peak in finish. Kind of dry. Hayish aftertaste in the "backparts" of mouth.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle. Clear copper colour with a large white head. Yeasty, malty and somewhat acidic aroma. If blindfolded, I wouldn’t have guessed this was a wheat beer; more like some malty lager, with a lightly bitter finish. Medium bodied, moderately carbonated and not bad for all that.