1648 Triple Champion

Brewed by 1648
Style: Bitter
Lewes, England

Serve in English pint

On cask (handpump) at Great British Beer Festival, day 3 on 6 August 2009. Darkish copper. Mainly malty - nutty and toffee. I know that was probably intentional but I would have preferred a more assertive hop presence - the hops are distinctly restrained and slightly earthy. A workmanlike but unspectacular bitter with a rather old fashioned feel.

Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some roasted bitter hints. Has a fruity malty bitter finish with hints of caramel and hops in the aftertaste.

Amber with a small white head. Fruity aroma with apple peel notes. Dry caramel and apple flavour

Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 06/08/2009 Some malt aroma. Amber coloured and a little rich on the palate with a crisp and slightly bitter caramel malt finish.

Cask@GBBF 2009. Deep amber color, small beige head. Aroma is nuts, caramel and diacetyl. Nutty hoppy flavor with some caramel. Aftertaste has nutty hoppy bitterness. I didn’t like so much about aroma, but flavor is pretty ok.

Cask@GBBF2009. Reddish amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, red berries and some earthy notes as well as toffee and some earth. Flavour is malts, red berries, mild sweetish wooden notes as well as some malts. Quite mouthdrying.

cask at cloisters edinburgh ... red copper ... thin white head ... toffee malt and light hop nose ... sweet tiofee malts with a big hop kick in its backbone ... ligth dryness.

Cask Conditioned, at the Evening Star. [mobile rate]. Amber, malty number. Good bitter bite.