Bass Pale Ale

Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Preston, England

500. Another of these sharp-looking square-shouldered UK 500s. Pours a crystal clear coppery medium amber. Loose sudsy grayish head. Plenty of lace coming down the sides of the glass. Sweet, cloying, treacly nose--raisins, figs, caramel, quite a few unexpected notes. These UK ESBs can get awfully sweet. Creamy medium body with very little palpable carb. More sweets on the mid-palate; bready malts with raisins and figs and sticky molasses flavors, along with a sharpness that seems to come out of nowhere. Tastes chemically, this sharpness, whatever it is. Mild finish.

pours a golden color with a white head Decent beer for a mass produced pale ale. draft beer

Orange to red pour with a decent head. Not too bitter, but enough to make me happy. Finishes pretty well.

It’s a good bitter to start with if you’ve never tried one before. It’s not "big" and not overpowering. It gives you a good sense of whats to come, if you choose to drink bitter beers. Enjoyable and fresh.

12 oz. bottle. Golden amber pour with sizable white head. Smells like a pale ale -- some cascade/american hops with some citrus and grain elements. Flavor is of malts, hops, and citrus fruit. Ends on a crisp bitter note. It’s okay, not great.

12 oz bottle. Pours a deep golden reddish color with a small white head. It has a nice malt and honey like aroma. It has a nice clean malty taste with a pleasant bitter aftertaste. This is a very nice beer in my opinion.

Clear light amber with a nice white head. Fruity, citrus, earthy, caramel, ,malty. It is mild and balanced if a bit watery. Very drinkable and pleasant.

Most people in the states know Bass as the other ingredient to a Black and Tan. I actually prefer Bass to Guinness. It is a smooth and crisp ale that is not overpowering in its use of hops.