Brown Cow Simpsons Session Beer

Brewed by Brown Cow
Style: Bitter
Selby, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask, Out of the Vaults Leicester Crawl Jan 2005. Amber, thin white head and delicate condition. Sweet caramel in the nose, sweet in the mouth but with a little peppery hoppiness emerging before reverting to sweet caramel in the finish.

Cask, The Rising Sun, Fulwood, Sheffield. Pale hazy yellow, thin uneven head. Citrus aroma, some funky basement and yeast aroma as well. Finishes slightly off.

Cask (handpump) @ Angel, 6 Angel Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 4BR.

ABV 3.6%. Clear medium yellow orange color with a small average, frothy to fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, toffee, moderate hoppy, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100122]

Hand pulled at Out of the Vaults, Leicester (during RB Leicester crawl). Brown Bitter, no head. Good tasty aroma. A little bit plain - some dryness and a bit of apple, but not in an amazingly tasty way. OK.

For a bitter, I thought this had too much butterscotch in the aroma and creamy toffee in the flavour. I would prefer a bit more dry bitterness in a beer with such modest alcohol levels. The condition may not have been perfect, but I couldn’t see myself drinking more than a pint of this, which rather defeats the object of a session bitter. Overall, a bit dull and uninspired. Presumably named after Sue Simpson, the brewery owner, but not one of her best. Cask (handpump), Out of the Vaults, Leicester (RB Leicester pub crawl).

Cask Conditioned at Out of the Vaults, Leicester, (RB Crawl). Brown amber beer with thin head. Light bodied bitter with caramel, toffee notes. A little thin with a slightly chemical finish.