Abbeydale Piracy

Formerly brewed at Abbeydale
Style: Bitter
Sheffield, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at The Woolpack, Banbury, Oxon 31-03-08 This is a very, very dark brown beer on first view I was not even sure what it was it looked very stout or poirter like, is it a bitter? Has a sticky off white head, there is good bitterness and the hops were still in the mouth as I was half way down the High Street. There is a good balance though with some nice sweet malts and a little sprinkling of rich indulgent cocoa, I liked this, but in the pub I was struggling to catergorise this maybe it is a bitter but its bloody dark, very dark in fact although taste wise I have to say its got more bitter characteristics. Nice to try a dark beer from Abbeydale and once again a very decent beer at that.

Cask, The Criterion, Leicester. Dark brown with red. Aromas are molasses with roast malts and some liquorice. Quite dry. Flavours are chocoate malts with berries. Some sweet molasses with coffee. Spicy on the finish. Pretty good.

Cask conditioned - handpump - Malt Shovel, Northampton. A black beer with a whitish head and lacing. The aroma is fairly sweet with caramel notes. The taste has sweet notes, with caramel, licquorice and lactic qualities. A little coffee too. Pretty decent.

Cask@The Criterion, Leicester. Blackish beer with a reddish timge. The aroma is roasted and coffee, and the flavour is malty, roasted and slightly coffee. Overall a nice malty dark beer.

Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Dark brown, almost black with white head. Unbelievably difficult to categorise, this is darkly roasted with coffee husky notes, chocolate malts, but also there is a really pleasant hoppy bitterness, almost IPA like in hops with a light grassynotes, sweetish but dry. It is a most complex beer and very enjoyable. The finish is long and burnt. Great stuff.

Cask at the King William IV, Sneinton, Nottingham. I had this beer in the middle of a session with stouts and porters and it fit right in. It’s a dark brown beer with a rich malt character (redolent of mushrooms maybe) with some sharp bitterness in the finish.

Small offwhite coarse head. Rich deep brown body. Faint earthy caramelly aroma. Watery fruity caramelly taste with wooden, peppery notes. Somewhat earthy, with traces of peas. Aftertaste dry. Nice! (0.47l cask at the John Hewitt, Belfast.)