Bewdley Senior School Bitter

Brewed by Bewdley
Style: Bitter
Bewdley, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottle conditioned, 500ml from Harbury Wine Shop, Harbury, Warks. Amber with slight white head. Thinnish, light beer, some maltiness, a touch of sweet biscuit but little else to offer. Bland.

Brown 500ml bottle of Real Ale, sediment in the glass, so poured slowly during one of my ’random beer tasting evenings’ (Oct 2010) a month before its best before date. The beer was a big disappointment to be honest, I was really looking forward to reviewing my first beer from this newish brewery. It started out OK, the beer appeared bright and clean, a golden amber body with a good solid foaming white head on top. Some deep lacing hung around as the beer sank, so the condition was fine. The smell was of ’home-brew’, the sort of yeasty, not quiet finished aroma often found with mates keen to show off their beers (a few weeks too early). I thought the beer bland and uninteresting, which is a shame. The flavours seemed weak, there was a blend of hops and malt, with the hops being the major player as the mouth dried. It just didn’t float my boat.

[4211-20111230] Bottle. Mild leafy skunk aroma has a mild hint of maple. Clear, orange amber body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Metallic grains flavour has a malty bitter bite. Medium body. Average, drinkable. (6/3/6+/3/13) 3.1
(Labelled "Tornado"; c/o DuctTape, w/ him, jerc, others)

2012-12-23. Crisp amber body with a small beige head. 3+ Lightly grassy hop aroma, touch of straw, mild grains. 6+ Flavour is similar, grassy straw hops over modest malt flavour, light bitterness, light toasty malt. 6+ Average plus bodied palate. 3+ Enjoyable bitter. Bottle labelled "Tornado"to commemorate the locomotive A1 “Tornado” visit to the Severn Valley Railroad, shared by DuctTape.

500ml bottle from Co-op, Sedgley, West Midlands. Pours burnt orange with a large head. Aroma is bready, orange and some dry fruits. Not much on the taste, some malt and a bitter finish. A little watery.

Bottle. Slightly cloudy with an inviting aroma. Fruity with a medium body. Some bitterness but well balanced with traces of maltiness. Lovely lingering fruity aftertaste. A very pleasant surprise and a very good example of this style which can sometimes turn out to be quite bland.Recommended.