Box Steam Chuffin’ Ale

Brewed by Box Steam
Style: Bitter
Trowbridge, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (Regal, Cambridge)
6 Simple sweet malty aroma, touch of aple and barky bitterness.
4- Deep orange, caramel doped, I guess, tiny head.
6 Slightly chalky taste, dry bitterness, sweet malts but not as sweet as the aroma suggested.
4 Refreshing palate, carbonation low. Subtle, but fresh barky undergrowthy hops.
13 Nice bitter, if a little simple.

cask chestnut brown with white head . aroma is malty , fruity . taste is malt , fruity , bready , roast at end , not much bitterness. low carbonation medium body . quite liked

Cask, handpump at The Elm Tree, Cambridge Sun 15th April 2012 with Loz Boring brown bitter, some biscuit, bit earthy and with bags of caramel, nothing wrong with this other than it does very little for me at all. A6 A3 T5 P2 Ov11 2.8

Bottle 50 cl, Westholme Stores. Pours redish deep amber with a great off white head lace. Aroma is nice malty sweet caramel bready nutty molassis. Flavor is similar to aroma, very malty, fruity and bitter. Finishes malty bitter.

Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with earthy hints. Fruity malty hoppy roasted caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel finish.

(Bottled) Right after a chilled duvel ,nice diggable bitter , Pretty easy to swill , something in the glass made me think of the fall/autumn , im often drunk that time of year-maybe thats it ;toasty ,roasted ,rich caramel, some stale fruit and earthy hops. . Quality

Clear amber of colour with a beige head. An aroma of caramel, malt and chocolate. A flavour of dust, hen food, grainy and bitter.

Cask at Euston Tap. Clear, red brown with a weak, white head. Slight roasted malt aroma, some burnt sugar. Great flavor, nice roast, pretty sweet, brown sugar, mild fruits, rich bread. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Big toast finish, some dark sugar. Good stuff.

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A clear, amber beer with a small, off-white head. Toffee, malts and some citrusy grassy hints. Smooth in the mouth, medium body. Toffee and citrusy fruityness in the flavor, a bit low on bitterness. Slightly roasted in the end. An easy drinking beer, but nothing special going on. 110129

Cask at a spoons near holborn. Pours a dark amber, with a small off white head. Hop is surprisingly prominent, with a nice sweet malt, sweet caramel, and a light lemony citrus.

Cask at the Lord Moon of the Mall, London. Copper colour, low head. Aroma of ripe fruits and malt vinegar. Rather thin mouthfeel. The flavour has some fruit, malt vinegar and moderate hops in the finish. Not impressive.