Barnsley Bitter

Formerly brewed at Blackpool
Style: Bitter
Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: OCT 19, 2004 Cask: Clear bright reddish appearance, good head formation. Mild malt, grain aroma. Predominantly hoppy bitter palate with an underlying, almost sugarry malt.

First tasted this bitter at the Hogshead, Paisley in June 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper in colour with a thin white head. Slight malt note in the nose, thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a rich digestive teabiscuit flavour like Tetleys. Slight hint of dry raisin fruit but this fades fast. Hop resins add a bitter edge to the aftertaste. The finish is bitter sweet. A decent session bitter.

Rediscovered rating found on a scrap of paper. Some time in March 2004. Venue unknown. Not much aroma. A fairly pale coloured session bitter with decent balance of citrus and fruity malt. Fair amount of flavour for strength and style. Does what it needs to pretty well. RIP.

1. Cask Stillage at the Morris Dancer, Kelsall 14/04/2001 Dark coloured bitter with a slightly smoked flavour. 2. Cask Handpump at Wilkie’s Tavern, Warrington 04/02/2003 Mid brown copper coloured with some citrussy aroma and a bitter malt finish.

Cask conditioned - handpump - The Racehorse Northampton. Good berry fruit aroma to this full flavoured bitter. Nice and malty and fruity. Tasty.

Cask Conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Golden beer with frothy head. Sweet malty light beer with an underlying bitterness, asily drinkable with no vices, tangy and fresh.

Cask, Rose's, Woolwich. Gold colour with a stiff foam. Flavoursome with a good body and a lovely balance of sweet malt and citric hops. the hops progressively make themselves more noticable as drink proceeds, but the beer always remains sweet and juicy. More in the style of an American Pale Ale or a Golden Summer than a traditional bitter. Very tasty and refreshing sesion ale.

Cask Conditioned, at the Wenlock Arms.
Dave’s drinking it so it can’t be bad. Crimson colour with a contrasting white head. Good bitterness, mainly forward and middle of the palate. Solid bitter but not more.

On tap at the Country Pub-London,poured with a slight haze,loose white foamy head.Traditional English hop aroma,nothign impressive, but a good session beer.