Burtonwood Bitter

Brewed by Banks’s (Marstons plc)
Style: Bitter
Wolverhampton, England

Serve in English pint

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First tasted this bitter at the Hogshead, Paisley in October 1996. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin creamy white head. Slight hint of berry fruit in the malty aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Digestive biscuit malt base leads to a rich buttery caramel note with raisin fruit. Hop flowers give a dusty resin aftertaste which then leads to a bitter sweet finish. An ok session bitter that is quite flavoursome despite the low og.

June, 2007Royal Oak Hotel, Penrhyn Served with swan neck sparkler. Chocolate/coffee flavour with hop pellet bitterness. Hops are crude and salty. Pepper burn on the edge of the tongue from the bitterness. Beer is drinkable, but it’s a cheap tasting recipe.

Couldn’t get a Welsh beer whilst in Wales had to settle for this gem (only in Wales for less than 1/2 an hour though) Straight forward bitter, nothing really standing out, lasting head was main feature, reddy amber body, hints of caramel and hops.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2006 1. Cask Handpump at the Chat Moss, Culcheth 07/05/2001 Smooth and sweet with a hoppy finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Leigh Arms, Little Leigh 18/04/2002 Mid brown and creamy with a slightly bitter lasting finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Brighton Belle, Winsford 28/12/2003 Amber golden with some sour fruit and a dry malt finish. 4. Cask Handpump at the London Hotel, Llandudno 20/07/2005 Amber fruity and hoppy with a slightly creamy crisp malt finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Trafalgar, Bury 18/11/2005 Golden amber coloured beer with some slightly sour fruity aroma and a crisp malty finish with a little dryness and bittering.

Cask @ Stamford Arms, Stalybridge, UK30 Jan 2005
Malty with a tiny bit of butterscotch. Nutty and a bit of caramel.