Brains The Young Rev.

Brewed by Brains
Style: Bitter
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales

Serve in English pint

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Cask (GBBF2011)
Super honey aroma. But it’s dull and musty too. Passable bitter, but very dull.

Cask at Wee Howff, Paisley (6 Jan 12) - pours pale copper with a small head, very slight hint of nut in the flavour, smooth to drink and could make a reasonable session beer.

Cask at the GBBF. Amber with a small white head. Aroma of honey, fruit and grain. Sweet grainy flavour with an apple note and a dusty note.

Cask @ Southwark Tavern, Borough SE1. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruit malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak bitter hints.

4th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Clear amber beer. No real head. A little caramel toffee malt that is also slightly tangy. Ok.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 3. Red-gold pour with a small, white head. A very basic bitter with a sweet, malty character. Some light notes of caramel, leaves and nuts. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sweet finish. Pretty easygoing stuff.

Cask (handpump) at Great British Beer Festival, day 3, on 4 August 2011. Don’t know whether this is a one-off, a trial brew, a new seasonal or what as Brains don’t seem to make any mention of it on their website. Whatever it is, there’s not really too much going on here. A sweet, rather malty bitter with some nutty and caramel notes and not too much in the way of hop presence. Smooth mouthfeel. On the plus side, it looks pretty good - clear, bright copper colour with a tight, lasting white head. But there wasn’t really anything to hold my attention and, to be honest, it’s not really my type of beer. Acceptable but a bit dull.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]

Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Clear brown - offwhite head. Toasted, light roasted, berries, buttery, fatness, nutty, caramel, butterscotch, diacetyl - Føj.

Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is crystal malts, hops, some mild biscuits and rather nectary and bready notes. Flavour is toffee, wood, fruits, caramel and some mild bitterness as well.