Batemans Victory Ale (Cask)

Brewed by Batemans
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Skegness, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: APR 18, 2007 Cask (handpump), Pillars of Hercules, Soho. Copper coloured. In British bitter terms this is a bit of a beast ABV-wise, but that wasn’t too apparent. Very fruity. And I mean fruit basket, apples and pear drop fruity. Fresh mouthfeel. I rather enjoyed it. Guess I must like apples and pears in my beer.

Cask. Copper colour with a minor off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, herbs, some maltyness as well as mild alcohol like sweetness. Flavour is similar in a pleasant balance.

Cask conditioned Handpump King Billy Northampton. A copper coloured beer with a whitish head and lace. Good depth of flavour in this. Mostly sweet with light fruits with house yeast, but the hops really work within a beer of this fruity strength. The odd wheaty note. Pretty deep and quite lovely. Great alcohol. A rare Batemans beauty.

On cask at the Counting House in Glasgow. Pours a dark golden colour with a thin beige head. A big caramel aroma gives way to toffee, treacle and honeycomb. Honeycomb flavour also with caramel and toffee apples. A nice maple syrup linger. A little oily mouth-feel and low carbonation. OK.

cask at SOrder ... copper ... creamy tan head ...soft sweet toffee fruits ... juicy malt nose ...rich toffee malts ... rich vine fruits ... oversweet over rich ... little vanilla ... little oxsised ? ... no enough for me in some ways ... too much in others

Tasted this in The Esquire House, Glasgow, (JDW) in October 2004. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear red amber in colour with a thin white head. Sweet note of golden syrup in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a fruity apple crumble base with golden syrup evident. Good smack of dry hops impart a very dry aftertaste. Finish is quite dry and warming with oak flavours present. Powerful ESB style bitter that should be treated with caution as the og belies an easy uptake during a session!

Cask at the BlackFriar at Blackfriers. Clear amber colour, fine offwhite head, little lace. Sweet woody nose with a hint of dried plum. Quite tart bitter start with a fruit pudding sweet middle and herbal bitter finish. Well hidden alcohol and fine to drink.

Cask at the Wharf. Pale amber colour with a beige head. aroma is fruit, malt, alcohol, apple, hop. Flavour is fruit, roasted malt, alcohol, apple, hop, butterscotsch. Medium body. OK beer.

Cask. Slightly hazy amber golden with a rough off-white head leaving a discreet lacework. Sweet, fruity nose with a vague vinegar touch without being really tart though. Quite full-bodied, very low carbonation, caramel notes, balsamico, a fusty touch and a dry and hoppy finish with a light tartness that comes slowly creeping. This better run fast or the last customers will get a sour beer. 210511

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy dark golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of brewmash, malt, and some flowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, yeast, peaches, and flowers, leading to a quite bitter finish.

Cask@The Warf, Aalborg.Pours golden with a white head.Aroma is fruity with some apples and malt.Flavor is sweet malt with some bitterness and fruitiness.Medium body, soft carbonation.