Cains Fine Raisin Beer (Cask)

Brewed by Cains
Style: English Strong Ale
Liverpool, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Hand pulled at JDW, Paradise Forum, Birmingham. Fuzzy orange colour, no head. Light, peachy flavour - unexpected and pleasant (initially). Morphs through the back of the mouth to an odd, almost grapey, gripping, metal, shelving flavour. Better beginning than ending - leaves an aftertaste verging on unpleasant.

Wetherspoon Giddy Bridge Southampton beer festival Autumn 2009. Sweet smelling malty beer with sweet dried fruit body. Fairly one dimensional.

Amber with a small white head. Fruity aroma with a weird raisin note. Sweet and thin caramel flavour

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet berry - raisin, toffee, light roasted, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090806]

Cask, Doctor Duncans, Liverpool. I always have this when I see it, and this is my favourite Cains beer by a distance. Refreshing, pleasantly fruity and very moreish. Far more appealing than a lot of boring, samey UK ale out there and long may they keep producing this.

Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Amber with a thin cream head; fruity malt aroma; the sweet juicy raisin flavour is very pleasant and slightly spicy; the finish is dry, sweet and fruity. Overall well-balanced and not dominated by sweet fruit.

Handpulled cask at JDW Harrow on the Hill. Deep amber with an of white head. Raisins seem to come through in a predominately malty profile. Interesting.

Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Copper colour with white head. Sweet and fruity, strangely of raisins I reckon, although thankfully not over the top. Slightly thin in the finish, but reasonable.

JDW Rochester. This does exactly what it says on the tin - it tastes like a fine raisin beer. It has a vanilla sweetness with a dry rusty finish. It’s OK.

Cask - West Gate Inn (JDW), Canterbury. Pours amber with a very fine, off white head, which makes only a fleeting appearance. Raisin on the nose with blueberry and a hint of rum. The raisin is more subdued on the palate, being a subtle overtone to a standard spicy malty base. Smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation and a short, light grassy finish. Different, yet not bad. Not OTT on the raisin with enough beer taste to keep it from becoming cloying.

[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Deep amber, slight off-white head. Strong and tempting fruity aroma. Raisin is clearly evident in the flavour. Very smooth, mellow mouthfeel. There’s a dirty bitterness in the finish but ultimately it gets rather sweet and sickly by the end.