Batemans Combined Harvest (Bottle)

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Skegness, England

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is light to medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers, apricot), with light notes of diacetyl, metal. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Ordinary, if maybe a bit more brightly hopped than a lot of bottled bitters that come across the pond. Drinkable but not very enticing.

pours yellow to orange. no discernible aroma. Bright initial flavor of grains. cannot pick out any one of the four noted on the label. a little sweetness. a small hop presence at the end. good session beer but not remarkable.

Bottle. Aroma has bright hops, berries, mild toastiness. Flavor is very lightly sweet graininess, just a hint of sourness gives depth, mild herbal bitter flavor are light throughout and linger in the dry finish. Good textured palate. Very good bottled bitter.

Appearance: Pours out a clear, dusky orange body with a thin, bubbly, white head. Smell: Humble, simple aroma smelling of loaf bread, sliced fruit, and hard toffee. Taste: Barley, wheat, oats, and rye? Well, it all comes down to a diluted bready malts with a lightly sugary toffee-tasting sweetness. Estery ale yeast fruitiness. Touch of herbaceous hop character and bitterness. Tiny boost of spice before the dry maltiness of the finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-low carbonation. Drinkability: Sorry, Bateman, but the intended effect and impact of the combined harvest was pretty much lost on me. It’s acceptable for a light, quaffable ale though!

Pours amber golden with a thin, mostly receding off-white head. Notes of biscuit, toffee, cookie, light herbs and delicate pale malt. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

50Cl bottle. Barley, oats, rye and wheat. Multigrain harvest. Aroma of sweet honey and fresh spring breeze. Floral. Flavor is a bit sweet, light spice, herb tea. Light bodied, sessionable very thin.

Pours a nice copper color with a tan head. Aroma is spicy, toast, grain, floral, and slightly herbal. Flavor is spicy, toast, grain, floral, and bitter spicy finish.

500 ml bottle poured a clear tarnished gold with a lasting amber head and good lacing. Aromas of bread, pear, citrus and light carmel.Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of carmel, bread, fruittiness and light spice with a smooth lightly bitter spiced finish.