Bartrams Catherine Bartrams IPA

Brewed by Bartrams
Style: Bitter
Bury St Edmunds, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, spices, and elderberries, while the flavor is acidic malty. Another bottled conditioned beer gone bad.

Hazy amber with large off white head. Hoppy aroma with caramel and citric notes. Hoppy flavor with citric and sourish notes. Ends bitter.

Bottle. Golden brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is lightly hopped and the flavour is hopped, bitter and lightly roasted. Overall an average beer.

UPDATED: OCT 22, 2008 Bottle 50cl.
Unclear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sour tart malt. Flavor is moderate acidic and sour milk with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (130608) 3-3-1-2-4</br> Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Light unclear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, spicy, moderate hoppy, fruity flowers, grass, orange, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, and a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. (130808) 6-3-6-3-12</br>

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Hazy amber golden with a tall and lively off-white head. Tart and fruity nose. Light-bodied with some fruit notes and a distinct and somewhat astringent acidic finish. 130608

Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel and fruits with notes of hops and acidic notes. Acidic flavour of burnt plastic with notes of caramel and hops. Tart and hoppy finish.

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy and light orange with a lacing white head. Mild citric aroma. Flavour is slight chemical and infected citric. Ends the same way - sad.

Cask, The Cow and Plough, Stoughton. Golden brown with a small head. Aromas are sweet caramel malts with tea and soft spices. Flavours are sweet toffee and caramel malts with soft citrus. Dry tea and prickly, bitter hops on the finish. Not an IPA.

Cask conditioned at The Fox, Burwell, Cambs. Amber with white head. Surprisingly for a so called IPA this was full of toffee, butterscotch notes, sweet and frankly as far from an IPA as you could expect to get. Cardboard on the finish.

Cask Handpump at The Wellington, Birmingham. I really can’t see how this is an IPA. Amber-brown with a short head. Slight sweet toffee scent, very sweet with tangerines in the mouth; maybe also a hint of honey. Overall, I found this a bit too sickly for my taste.