Blackpool Pale Ale / BPA

Formerly brewed at Blackpool
Style: Bitter
Blackpool, Lancashire, England

Serve in English pint

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Rediscovered rating found on a scrap of paper. Some time in March 2004 (same time as Barnsley Bitter from the same brewery). Venue unknown. Not that pale. More like mid-amber. Fairly bitter, but tempered by plenty of juicy fruit. More on the palate than in the aroma. A decently balanced best bitter. After going bust for the sixth time it looks like we have finally seen the last of the Barnsley/Blackpool set up as the kit was sold to Acorn.

Cask Handpump at the Helter Skelter, Frodsham 02/09/2001 Amber coloured beer with some pale malt and a bitter hoppy finish.

Cask at Head of Steam, Liverpool Mid brown hoppy, matly flavour leads to dry hop finish. Great balance of fruity malt and dry hoppiness. First Blackpool beer I have tried and I was impressed

Cask Conditioned, at the Wenlock Arms, London.
Called BPA. Amber, bright and in wonderful condition, with a foaming white head. Hoppy fruity aroma but slightly maltier then others. Fruity, hoppy flavour that many things but mostly refreshing and charming.

Dark amber; fruity, lots of hops, honeydew, guava...nice stuff. Sampled at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool.