Archers Winter Ale

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

Serve in English pint

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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.

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.

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.

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