Beach Chalet Dees Bitter Ale

Brewed by Beach Chalet Brewery
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in English pint

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On cask. Pours with a hazed yellow, yeast particle filled yellow body with a thick, foamy white head. Aromas are very fruity, bready, estery, woodsy hops, lemon and tangerine zest, over ripe pear. Flavors: a bit of diacetyl and a bit of a slick mouthfeel. Medium bitter, lemon squares (the pasty), bready. Lasting bitterness. Thick and a bit oily on the mouth (odd), medium to light bubbles. So-so.

Cask. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of spicy hops and elderflowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, hops, and citrusy fruits.

Clear orange with a fizzy white head. Orange and lemon aroma and taste with some nice caramel notes.

Cask at the brewpub. Nose of floral, caramel, and some vanilla. Amber with a small off white head. Flavor is light bitterness, vanilla, and a hint of butterscotch.

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2011 on hand pump-pours a retaing bubbly off white head and hazy gold color. Aroma is orange/herbal, some light/medium malt. Taste is orange/herbal-tea hops, light/medium malt. True to the style. 110323 improved from last visit

Cask. Slightly hazy amber golden with a small rough head. Aroma of nuts and a little burned caramel. Light-bodied, flat with nut and caramel flavours. Lightly hoppy finish. 120709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours almost clear and golde orange with a small bubbly white head. Solid hoppy fruity aroma. Mild wooden vanilla flavour to a light mango and orange fruity flavour. Light malt sweetness. Subdued bitterness into a medium dry finish.

Cask at the brewpub: Slightly hazy copper with a lacing off white head. British yeast aroma- some estery fruity notes meshing with a golding/fuggle note along with some American hops as well. Light fluffy feel. Some biscuity malt backs the flowery British hop flavors, meshing with some citrusy American hop notes. A touch of plasticy phenols are there as well. Huskier toward the back. Decent interpretation of a British bitter.

Cask @ the brewpub. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some hints of grapefruit and caramel. Slightly sweetish malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a malty hoppy finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

Served warm and still, hand-pumped true to it’s style. I like this beer because it is a perfect example of it’s style. Good strong malt character with just a touch of those british hops. Very nice.