Bass Pale Ale

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

Serve in English pint

UPDATED: APR 6, 2009 Taste: 9/8 Bottle(?) Looks: Copper with a thin yeasty head. Aroma: Small hops fruit/citrus behind the yeast. Taste: An ok ESB even if it is the export recipe. Nothing special, but a good quality beer for such high production.

SLIGHTLY BITTER WITH A NICE COPPER COLOR. GOOD ON ITS OWN BUT GREAT TOPPED OF WITH GUINNESS. ITS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY STAPLE BEERS.

Solid brew. Pours a nice deep amber/copper with a generous white head. Pleasant malty aroma Very refreshing on the palate with a crisp finish that has a nice touch of hops in the background to it. I think the best way to describe this one would be well-balanced

UPDATED: SEP 6, 2008 I’ve found this beer goes down very well, especially as the first beer at a session. Have tried it on tap in various pubs, solid flavour with the right amount of froth.

UPDATED: OCT 26, 2008 Pours a dark amber with a nice white frothy head. Smells of malt. Tastes malty in the front with just a little hops in the back. Used to be one of my favorite beers. Now it tastes a little too generic and malty for my style.

I’m giving this higher marks than it likely deserves, for purely nostalgic reasons. As my British stepfather always tells me, "Nobody in England drinks Bass beer." Whether or not it’s as schwaggy as Bud is to many British drinkers, I can nonetheless dig this beer to this day. Frothy amber body, abundant malts, not many hops in the somewhat thin body but enough flavor and, again, fond remembrance to make me overlook a lot.

This is a good beer but gets much better in a black and tan. It helps give it some body.

On tap. Pours a dark amber with a small white head. Aroma and flavor of sweet light malt. Not much to say, but this beer is rather drinkable. Watery palate, but not bad.