Buntingford Challenger

Formerly brewed at Buntingford
Style: Bitter
Royston, England

Serve in English pint

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A pale, golden orange coloured beer with a weak white head. A light hoppy aroma, citrusy with a floral sweetness. A very dry taste, hoppy bitterness, grapefruit citrusy dryness, then there is a tiny hint of biscuity sweetness in the finish. (Cask - The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).

Cask conditioned - handpump - Criterion - Leicester. A golden coloured beer with a small off white head. The aroma is hoppy with lemon notes. The taste is sharp dry bitterness. Tasty enough but English hoppy beers can lack the malt profile to make for a satisfying beer, and this is one of them.

Cask@Battersea Beer Festival. Quite a malty start, mouthfeel is grainy. Dry, dusty, grainy mouthfeel. Finish shows a touch of citric hops. OK.

Cask gravity at Battersea BF 2007. Copper colour with no head. Diacetyl butter all over the aroma. Better in mouth, buttery/toffeeish bitter, more diacetyl on finish. Some hop.

Gravity Cask @ Battersea Beer Festival. Grassy hops with hints of apricot. Dry with full bitterness. Simple but well developed flavours. Good drinkable bitter.