Bradfield Farmers Brown Cow

Brewed by Bradfield
Style: Bitter
Sheffield, England

Serve in English pint

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A Mes rate: Cask handpull at The Junction Tavern. Dark copper colour with a slight tan head. Sweet malt nose with some fruit and nut notes. Hoppy flavour with some balance in the finish from some bready malt.

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium to light amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, butterscotch notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111210]

Creamy brown nutty richness. Highly drinkable, though can become a bit heavy on the stomach if relied upon exclusively.

Chestnut coloured bitter with a nice creamy head. Citrus on a long, dry finish.

Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours hazy, light brown with a small, light tan head. Aroma holds semi-dark malts, modest toffee and some grassy hops. Flavor is lightly sweet, some more darkish malts, somewhat tangy bitterness, mild caramel. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finish has some herbal hops, light sugar, light toast. Very just OK.

Cask handpull, Stables Bar, Monsal Head Hotel, Derbyshire. Chestnut with a thick cappuccino top. Slight woodland/fern aroma with soapy hints. Vapid boiled sweet and plastic notes beside the Buxton; thick condition, hints of salt and coffee.

Cask (handpump) at GBBF, day 3 on 3 August 2006. Chestnut colour. Light condition. Soft malt aroma. Maybe a touch of resin. Pleasant chalky, slightly resinous hop on the palate. Hints of citrus. Decent malt balance.

50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK. Medium brown colour, sweet caramel aroma. Sweetness continues on the first sip, then transitions to bitter with a background of yeast and roasted malt.

Appearance: brown with ruby and garnet highlights and glints. Off-white head fades into a thin film with thick edges. Swirls produce the same.
Nose: pumpernickel and chocolate cakey cookies. Treacle, brown sugar, and red apple skins mingle. More chocolate and pumpernickel underneath. Wisp of plums and prunes with a sense of classic English stylings. Faint candied sugar presence.
Palate: soft, light, and frothy mouthfeel followed by a gentle bready sweetness upon which maraschino cherries, prunes, and dates lie. Chocolate comes in last in the back and lingers after each quaff. Treacle in the middle accents crisp red apples, skins intact, while more dark fruit decorated breads abound – pumpernickel with dates, prunes, and fresh slices of juicy ripe plums. Pumpernickel raisin bread? Apples linger on the lips. Chocolate weaves her way into the palace of flavors.
Final Thoughts: most intriguing if I do say so myself. A treat thanks to my fellow coworker Sharon, they came directly to me from England where she vacationed not too long ago. A true English brown ale.

Bottle. Sweet toffee malt and grass hops aroma. Medium brown color with small head. Sweet toffee malt and lightly bitter herbal hops flavor. Medium body. Nice - a bit light.

Bottled, from Rhythm & Booze Brigg. Chestnut brown fluffy but quickly subsiding off white head and gentle condition. Aromas of fruity berries and low sweet caramel with a trace of roasted barley, gentle caramel initialy in the mouth but hop and roast bitterness creates a brief equilibrium before taking over and becoming dominant, lingering dry bitterness with hints of roast in the finish