Chiltern Golden Sovereign

Formerly brewed at Chiltern
Style: Bitter
Aylesbury, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask Conditioned at Merton Beer Festival ’04. Deep Gold with no head. I was really looking forward to this beer as Chiltern Beers are so hard to find, but it was a dissapointment. It is a thin dry bitter with a malty background. Tealeaf notes dominate the bulk of the beer which leaves barely any impression of having drunk it.

Cask at Merton Beer Festival Sept’ 2004. Warm yellow colour, without any head. Somewhat lacking in the flavour Department, a little bit dry not much bitterness, but I suppose could be regarded as quite refreshing. Not bad but nothing special.

A pretty unsatisfying beer, although understandable within the ’mild’ tradition of English brewing. Typical color, scarce bubbles on top, but a better feel in the mouth than would be predicted by 3.7%. The taste, however, is disappointing: rather like American iced tea made from Lipton-brand tea-bags. (on tap at the brewery)