Archers Winter Ale

Formerly brewed at Archers (Evan Evans)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Swindon, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask conditioned - handpump - Head Of Steam Euston (RB London Xmas Crawl 2004). A dark brown ale with aromas of roastiness and smokiness but also some diacetyl. The taste has some good Christmas cake notes and is quite roasty but more in a bitter way than a stout way. A nice drink.

Head of Steam, Euston. Plastic diacetyl aroma. Roasty & malty but with a burnt plastic finish. Damp, oaky quality. Very nice. Very drinkable. The London Xmas Pub Crawl.

A good effort at a winter ale from Archers. Reddish, mid brown colour. Roast malt aroma, with some smoky hints. The flavour is fruity, nutty and malty. Fairly dry finish. Nothing too spectacular, but a decent beer. Cask (handpump) at the Head of Steam, Euston.

Cask conditioned at the Head of Steam, Euston Station, London.
Malty beer with slight roastyness and notes of coffee and tobbaco pouch. Strong flavoured with yeasty/marmite notes.
Sampled on the Ratebeer London Meetup & Pub Crawl, December 2004. With Silktork, Chris_o & Maeib