Buffys Garnet

Brewed by Buffys
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Norwich, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (handpump), Market Porter, Southwark, London, January 2007. I noted this down as 4.1%, but it seems that it has appeared and various strengths between 4.0% and 4.8%. Although the name may suggest otherwise, it is a regulation amber, tending towards copper, colour. The aroma is very subtle (some might say lacking) with light nuances of biscuity malt (cream crackers?) and delicate hop. Smooth and easygoing on the palate with suggestions of citrus and a smattering of soft malt. There is an insistent sweet edge throughout and only a very restrained bitterness. Very well-mannered indeed. That is not really the way I like my bitters - I prefer a more assertive bite. Consequently, it didn’t really do a great deal for me. Others may see things differently. Certainly there were no obvious faults. If this rendition was 4.8%, it certainly didn’t taste it.

Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Amber, thin white head. Some minerality, some hop on aroma. Some stoney flavour’s, bit of tangerine. It’s fine, some interesting, citrusy minearal touches.

UPDATED: JAN 29, 2007 Cask Pale-amber-orange; B. C."H". Flowery, slightly citrus, fresh hoppy nose with cookie-like background. Soft-mild bitterness, slowly going into a well-balanced light beer, ending with a bitter tang, not unpleasant. Hints at cakey sweetness in between. Light as behoves a British bitter. Nice starter for a British weekend. Flowery power?