Abbey Bellringer

Brewed by Abbey
Style: Bitter
Bath, England

Serve in English pint

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Healthy hazy blonde pour crowned by a solid 2cm white foam that mostly lasts. Grainy, grassy nose with fresh cereal flavours. Fruity passion fruits (kiwi notably) undertones grow underneath. Good, honest medium body. A fun drink that remains simple, but what is there is not encountered in every other cask ale.

Pale yellow with a nice head. Light citrus and hop aroma. Biscuits, some fruits and hops. Bitter finish.

Very pale golden pour. The aroma is a little bit sulphury. Soft fruity hops and a touch of spice as well. Goldings hop spice and a nice minerally character. As it warns up the spice really comes out. There is a touch of soft peppery character and some light lingering almost minty character as well. Soft and spicy and quite lovely. A pretty solid pint really.

Bright clear gold pour good head medium strength carbonation aromas fruity lemon toffee flavour citrus mild bitter toffee a dryness finish toffee mild bitter aftertaste some sweetness bit boring

Bottle, Woodlands Garden Centre, Leicestershire. Clean, crisp, biscuity dry bite with a hoppy-bitter finish and slight citric aroma.

On tap, pours bronze. Aroma and flavour of biscuity malts, light toast and lightly bitter hops. Not too thrilling.

@ Pig & Fiddle, Bath. Rich amber-gold. Stable tight (sparkler?) head. Balanced aroma of cereal grains and light field hops. Quaffable. Excellent pour! Clean and delicious. Biscuity (cookie) malts. One of the better session ales from Bath. Light on the palate with lasting balanced flavors. Quick on the tongue and more-ish. This is what I wish APAs were like.

Bottle. Golden/Bronze beer with a mild head. The aroma is toffee, bitter and hopped, and the flavour is bitter and mildly toffee and roasted. Overall a nice but fairly average beer.

Cask @ Crystal Palace, Bath. Bitter ale, full bodied, good finish. Nice. Taste has some citrus, hops, amber coloured.

Cask handpull, The Star, Bath. Bright lacing yellow with a collapsing white lid. Slight citric and hay aroma joined by grass and soapy bitterness, vomit, nuts and vanilla on the palate. Butter in a good way, digestive crumbs, rub of celery. Not much to it.

[cask] Weak caramel and toffee aroma with a weak apple note. Almost clear copper with a lacy, white, thin top. Relatively bitter caramel flavour with slight lemon and floral hops. Uninteresting. Light to medium body, low carbonation, moderately bitter finish.