Abbey White Friar

Brewed by Abbey
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bath, England

Serve in English pint

Golden bronze colour. The aroma is a bit fruity. The taste is toasty-caramel malt background, fruity yeast (apple, berry) and some earthy hop bitterness. Another winner from Abbey Ales.

Cask @ Star Inn, Bath. Rich golden color. Scant lace. Fruity aroma is lychee meets hops. Summer ale. Soft mouthfeel. Really herbal and floral. Some heather and chrysanthemum. Balanced, nice, I’d call it a summer ale.

Cask conditioned at The Couer de Lion, Bath. Gold with white head. Quite thinnish for a premium bitter, but still bitter enough with a soft fruitiness. Fairly crisp, but perhaps a little unbalanced. Average.

Cask-conditioned at the Volunteer Rifleman’s Arms, Bath 11/08/08. Pleasant enough strong bitter, with plenty of red fruit in the aroma and flavour, some caramel and a short dry finish. Drinkable.

Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 02/08/2006 Some fruit aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity with some alcohol present. Crisp and slightly dry malt finish.

Cask at GBBF 2006. Yellow, gold with thin white head. Odd aroma with some citrus. Juicy malt in nice. Bit too sweet and not enough hop to balance.

[Cask at GBBF] Deep golden. Dominated by butterscotch, but also has notesof strawberry. Sweet and somewhat fruity with medium body. More caramel than bitterness in the finish.

Cask at The Star, Bath. Fortunate to pick up both the Black Friar and the White Friar in the same session as they are not normally made at the same time. The colour is closer to amber than gold. Plenty of aromatic hops here. More pronounced on the palate than on the nose. Very fresh and clean. Smooth mouthfeel. Maybe a touch soft but a pretty good beer.