Brimstage Scarecrow Bitter

Brewed by Brimstage
Style: Bitter
Wirral, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (GBBF2011, Thursday)
Gingery aroma. Full body. Great heaed. Grainy retronasals. Tons of hops in the finish - a nice tingle. A touch wooly later.

Cask at the Stamford Bridge, outside Chester. Nice golden colour. Aroma is refreshingly floral and the taste... wow, wasn’t expecting such gorgeous hoppiness. Really packed with lovely citrus flavours. Seems more like a golden ale than a bitter, but whatever the style, this is a very nice beer indeed.

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

Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, hay, fruity, light to moderate yeasty, UK yeast and hops. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110804]

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Peach, hay and citrus. Bitter end. Decent.

Cask@GBBF2011. Deep golden colour, mediumsized fluffy beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some mild herbal and grassy notes. Flavour is wood, some slight tart notes, mild berries and some sweet malts. Yet quite pleasant to drink.

GBBF 2011. Cask. Copper/orange colour. Nose is fantastic. Citrous hops but with some more unusual flavours. Bit of pink bubblegum in there. Taste is also very nice. Lots of flavours. Citrous, bit of tropical fruit and a nutty malt character. Really good session beer which is packed full of flavour.

Cask conditioned at Brimstage Brewery. Bronze colour with white head. Fuller bitter with a good nutty, malty body. The hops are a little more restrained in this, just adding to the depth rather than being the showcase, so it is a solid Best Bitter. Pretty decent all the same.