Butcombe Gold (Bottle)

Brewed by Butcombe
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bristol, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: SEP 5, 2008 Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Clear golden, dense small head. Hoppy fruity nose with a touch of melon. Sweet with clean rounded mouthfeel, some butter and grain. Notes of pears and salt. Finishes with medium bitterness.

Not a stunning beer, but on a really hot afternoon, very refreshing. A little sweetish in taste, but I was surprised at how nice it was. I wouldnt go out of my way to find it, but Im glad I got to taste it.

Brown 500ml bottle, best before 2nd Nov 2010, drank and reviewed on a bright, sunny but chilli Sunday afternoon, 24th Oct 2010. Poured into an ’abbot Ale’ tankard: light orange/golden amber in colour with a good solid head od foaming bubbles on top. The beer showed a slight haze and bubbles ambled up through the beer to the head all through the tasting. Fuggles are used, but although I could taste them, their presence in the aroma was minimal. There wasn’t much malt content in the smell either, in fact there was very little smell to talk about. The taste was a pleasant blend of hops and malts, evenly distributed in a well balanced way. Sweetish upfront with a refreshing hop bite in each sip. The 4.7% ABV is evident as the beer warms in the glass, but doesn’t effect the flavours too much, just adds an extra dimension to them.

Bottle at Monks Sveavägen Stockholm. Pale amber colour with a small white head. Flowery aroma. Slightly sweet, fruity taste.

Bottled 0.5L. Malty and hoppy nose. Pale fast disappearing head. Clear golden colour. Malty and fruity and hoppy taste. Some hints of nuts in the taste. At the end hoppy bitterness.

bottle - clear, light amber orange beer with a thin white head. Nice fresh citrussy hops aroma. Flavour is refreshing with a decent bitterness in the end. Mediunm to low carbonation.

Pint. Pours a golden long glass with some foamy head. Smooth bitterness with some fruits and herbs. Pleasant smell.

0.5 l bottle from Citymarket Seppälä, Jyväskylä. Copper color. Honeyish malt aroma with gentle resiny and lemony hops. Resiny, fruity and peppery hop flavor with honeyish malt in even balance. Very typical well made bitter with fresh malt and hop profile.

500 ml bottle. Deep golden color, white head. Malty aroma with a hint of hops. Balanced bitter flavor with floral hops, bread and a hint of caramel. Medium body, medium carbonation. A quality bitter, no complaints.

500 ml bottle. Finland.
Slightly hazy deep golden colour with small to average white head. Sweet caramel and bitter fruity hops in aroma. Dry bitter hoppy flavour with fruits, ash and liquorice. Short bitter aftertaste.

Bottled (K-Isolinna, BB 08/2010)
Amber color, decent off-white head, some lace. Flowery hoppy nose with some citrus, pineapple, iron and toffee. Light to medium bodied. Flavor has sweetish toffee notes, flowery and nutty hoppyness. Short hoppy aftertaste. Quite standard English bitter, wellbrewed but not very exciting.