Burford BBB

Formerly brewed at Burford
Style: Bitter
Witney, England

Serve in English pint

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Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 1   Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : XX  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Hay : XX   Toasty : 3   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : 4   Cereals : 3   Grainy : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : 2   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 1   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Sweetish, honeyed and cerealic bitter that lacks bitterness.

Cask Stillage at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham 20/10/2006 (As Burford Best Bitter) Fruit and malt aromas. Copper amber coloured and slightly rich on the palate. Wheaty and earthy malt finish.

Cask@GBBF2007. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is caramel, some wooden and slightly nectary hints. Flavour is caramel and some leather. Long bittery fruitish aftertaste.

Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty caramel aroma with some hints of dark fruit. Sweet malty and fruity caramel flavor. Long malty finish with a bitter aftertaste.

A Mes rate: Gravicask at GBBF. Pale amber with no head. Sweetish aroma with pear drops and slight malt. Fruity flavour with some light acidity to it which gives it a pleasant feel. Rather unusual and interesting.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2007 Re-rate: Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Darkish copper, clean white head. Soft pleasant malt aroma and a touch of farm. Lovely plumy flavor and a nice toast finish. Sweet leaning, but enough resin hop presence to keep it bright. Rustic and good. Gravity, Banbury Beer Festival. Copper, layer of white bubbles. Light apple fruity aroma. Flavor has some peat smoke, round sweetness, a little toast in the finish. Gentle soft palate. A beer brewed to its own lights--quirky, but not bad. (3.2)

Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest 07. Gold brown with little head, chill hazed. Dull malty beer, considerably underflavoured. Short finish with a touch of biscuit in the body. Not my type of beer really.