Batemans Valiant (Cask)

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Skegness, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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UPDATED: MAR 25, 2006 Mar 06 Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Some sulphury yeast to start. Some fairly malt flavours start it off the finishes with a reasonable dose of bitter hops in the finish but doesnt work for me. 2.7
Jun 05 Cask conditioned @ Giddy Bridge (JDW), Soton. Golden colour. Some malt and herbal hops. Most noticeable character is a grainy husky bitterness almost akin to excessive use of crystal malt (but surely not in a beer this light). The beer is too light to hide this flaw. 2.1

From BA: May 2006. Long time fan of this beer, but never reviewed it until now for some reason. The review is from a tasting at the bi-annual beer festival at the Bateman’s brewery. They put on 5 cask beers of their own and have another 15 barrels from small brewers also available to drink. Hand-pulled in the base of their famous windmill, my pint glass looked beautiful, a light amber, golden beer, this was clear and had a good off-white head sat on top. The Styrian and Challenger hops give it a good hoppy aroma and the taste is crisp, sharp and refreashing. The flavours stay in the mouth, with bitterness coming through towards the end. A great beer, from a good brewery.

14th September 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! On tap at the Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Reminds of Oakham JHB - fruity and zesty. Light palate. Not that bitter. Nice.

Cloudy golden with a small white head. Clean aroma of peach and citrus. Dry and grassy hop flavour.

<i>Cask Conditioned at The Angel & Crown, London</i>
Hazy golden color. Light aroma, hoppy, a bit citrusy and grassy. Malt flavor; the mouthfeel is dry, also because of the very strong bitterness; the hops are a bit citrusy and resiny and grassy. Pleasant, even if not very complex.

Cask (handpump) @ Brew Wharf, Southwark, Greater London, England SE1 .
Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, peat - smoke - wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Bitterness is malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (040808)

Cask. Golden colour,mediumsized creamy white head. Aroma is nectar, grass, some wood and that’s about it. Flavour is grassy, fruity, hoppy and yeasty. Some eggy notes too.

1/2 pint handpulled cask at Wetherspoon pub in Liverpool. Golden color, fine white head. Aroma is malt and fruit/citrus. Flavor is malt with soapy elements, fruit and some bitterness. Not very good.

Handpulled cask at the Tally Ho (JDW) Finchley. Poured nicely with no sparkler, clearing slowly to give a dense white head. Quite sweet with a subtle citric hop characture and a dry bitter finish. A good fefreshing bitter.

Cask in the state bar. Aroma is slightly rubbery sulphurus note. Taste is more of a chemically plastic note, no hops quite sweet, bad nick and a bad beer to start with it seems.

From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Vague hoppy and mild malty aroma. Flavour holds a solid bitterness. Light fruity note dominantly bitterhops. Ends with a mild fruity sweetness.