Ascot On The Rails

Brewed by Ascot
Style: Bitter
Camberley, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: OCT 15, 2011
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.

Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, chocolate, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus pine, dark malt, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110430]
7-3-7-3-14

Cask (handpump) @ White Horse on Parsons Green, 1-3 Parsons Green, London, Greater London England SW6 4UL.

Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, ash. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110805]
6-3-6-3-13

Cask at NWAF 2009. A dark brown beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, leading to a dry, bitter, and roasted finish.

From cask. Pours dark brown with a small off-white to brown head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish. Bitter, roasted malty and breadish. Dry and roasted into a dry and malty finish. Ends bitter and dry.

Cask. Amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is mildly toasted, quite bitter floral notes as well as some slight spicy notes. Flavour is mild toasted malts, some slight smoked notes along with pine and some spruce. Quite floral bitter and mildly nutty notes in the aftertaste.

Cask at White Horse. Clear dark brown coloured with a small beige head. Fruity and light roasted aroma of hay and caramel. Fruity and light roasted flavour of hay and caramel. Light roasted finish.

Cask Stillage from the Outside Marquee at the Prince Of Wales, Foxfield 07/11/2009 Roast aroma. Mid brown coloured hoppy and fruity with a bubble gum flavour. Crisp and slightly bitter burnt roast finish.

Cask conditioned at The Kings Arms, Stoborough, Dorset. Muddy brown with no head. Poor, poor condition, ropey maltiness with a little dryness. Sorry but I paid good money for this so I deserve my say even though the pub is at fault.

A Mes rate: gravicask at Twickenham beer festival.
dark chestnut brown with a slight off white collar. Straw and hay in the aroma with a bit of manure with some good dark malt, lots of earthy character and some good bitter hops. Glorious flavour. Damn this is lovely stuff. Like a mild with lots of hops and a pleasing hint of barnyard. Really really drinkable. Bloody excellent.

Cask (gravity dispense from stillage) at Battersea Beer Festival on 13 February 2009. Rather an odd beer. Or perhaps I should say unusual as the word "odd" can convey negative connotations and that is not my intention. Dark brown colour. Chocolate and roast malt in the aroma profile but there are flowery, slightly grassy hop elements too (US hops). More of the same on the palate where a hoppy, tangy bitterness is quite prominent. Initially, I assumed this was going to be a mild but there is far too much hop presence for that. Mouthfeel is light, bordering on thin. Some might say this is a beer with an identity crisis. I’d rather just say it is difficult to classify (who really cares anyway?). Unusual indeed, yet strangely appealing.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense Wellington Birmingham A black beer with a nice off white coloured head. The aroam has both roasty notes and plenty of citrus. Almost certainly some US hops In here whih are especially good in the mouth. A good balance of the expected mild notes together with citrus. Tasty.