3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Straw gold with moderate head and good condition. Muted hop and malt aromas, suggestion of fuggle hop character mingled with malt flavours. Soft finish with a good level of bitterness.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from off-license in Selly Oak, that does a fantastic selection of ales. Well balanced bitter, with a nice slightly oily resonance. Pretty good.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I have drunk this beer in the brewery tap and other well known Black Country Real Ale pubs, always cask. I was very pleased and surprised to find it in a shop window (Tanner’s, Bridgnorth, Shropshire).
Brown 500ml bottle, best before Feb 2008, drank April 2007.
Poured into a sraight sleeve pint glass (what else would you use?).
Pale amber, light for an English bitter, but it is known for its brightness and lightness, the small white left before I got my lips to it.
The aroma was very floral, freashly cut grass and hops.
Lovelly, wonderful, easy drinking bitter-cum-thirstquenching-quaffable-ale. I liked it (a lot).
Slight fizz to it, but this is a very, very good, the tastes stay and tickle your tonsels.
A fine bottled version of a great West Midlands (Black Country) bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Clear golden pour with a white head. Aroma of sweet malts and fruit. Flavour is sweet with malt and citrus.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at the congress, longton. Pours golden with decent white head. Caramel, hops, this is stunning for a best bitter.
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4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
As I live in Kidderminster we are not that far away from several pubs that serve Bathams. My Wife and I both love the taste of this full flavoured bitter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 15, 2012 Handpull in Black country. One of my favourite best bitter.Dark golden colour with a white head. Pleasant fruity and hoppy nose. A fine malt background in the flavour with nice hoppy and fruity notes.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
We have many great ales within the Black country / Dudley area but this is one of my overall favourites probably because there’s not than many places that sell it. A dark Golden ale in colour which sinks like velvet with a kind of dry hoppy after taste. Not a strong ale as it only 4.3% but if anybody is interested in trying this my tip is to try the New Inn Pub in Wordsley as they seem to look after it better than anybody else.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is fruity and malty with some alcohol and very little hops. Taste is bitter at first then sweet malt and some subtle peach and apricot coming through, a little caramel and classic english hop flavour to finish. Well balanced. Great beer and very moreish!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Robin Hood, Amblecote. Pours light gold with a medium head. Aroma is light floral, bready malt and a touch of sulphur. Taste has bready malt and floral notes to start. Bready malt and a touch of grapefruit in the medium bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Craig’s house. toast, floral, pale, clear, minimal head, lightly bitter, light body, oily feel.
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