Byatt’s XXV

Brewed by Byatt’s
Style: English Strong Ale
Coventry, England

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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330ml bottle split with Octo after work, watching the embarrassing shambles that was the Jubilee concert. Here’s a beer in commemoration of an historical event that actually meant something. Dusky bronze with fine beige collar. Good tangy aroma that’s got me interested straight away; orange barley sweets, Campino, booze at the bottom of a trifle, orange liqueur, fig stickiness. Doesn’t disappoint with a finely balanced flavour in the Fuller’s Vintage vein; orange jelly with a slug of cointreau, slight floweriness and peach, robust hop bitterness, well-packed malts with some US IPA-like sweetness and a touch of husk. Scoop of Bennett, launch of Houchen, bobble of Gary Mabbut’s knee. Slightly hot and bitter- would improve with time, but good enough right now.