Bass Pale Ale

Aroma: Sweet, not very hoppy.... Appearance:a rather beautiful dark copper... Flavor: A slightly bittersweet but very smooth and light ale. Mouthfeel: Boring watery stuff. All together.... should be abit cheaper but I like it.

Good color and unobtrusive flavor, albeit with a hint of ginger ale and a slight chemical tang. Best used for washing down brown food (i.e. pub grub). (This was from the bottle; it’s better on tap if I recall correctly.)

Despite its classical historic character there’s some wateriness and commercial characteristics to this old warhorse. This is from a bottle I had at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse. Just had a can of the Pub Pour version and it is noticibly better. Maltier and smoother. Better.

One of those beers that you can’t believe you haven’t rated yet. Pour is a orange with a white head. Aroma is very hard to come by. Flavor is a bit musty but again there is not much coming out. Not a great beer experence. Available almost anywhere but something to pass up.

Surprisingly watery, no real flavor, very basic, but easy to drink, which may account for its popularity. Pours a very light amber.

On tap. Poured a clear amber brown with a 2 finger head. Smooth malty flavor. Medium palate. Overall, a very drinkable beer. Nothing extraordinary.

(355 ml bottle from Systembolaget) Labeled 5.1%. Dark copper to brown color, lasting firm beige head. Weak sweet and malty scent, also light floral and fruity. Weak bitter, sweet and caramel taste, also some toffee and a touch of metal. Light to medium body, rather high co2 level. Low to medium low bitterness. Aftertaste is metallic, sweet and malty.

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle into a pint glass, amber with a medium white head. Almost no aroma, perhaps some very faint malt. The taste is very thin, a touch of sweetness and malt and a touch of bitterness on the finish, but there just isn’t much going on here. Fuller’s ESB is far superior as an English ESB.