Church End Nuns Ale

Brewed by Church End
Style: Bitter
Nuneaton, England

Serve in English pint

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[Cask conditioned] Amber coloured. Fruity and hoppy aroma. Refreshing flavour with hoppy finish.

Bottle (bottle conditioned) from Stirchley Wines & Spirits, Pershore Road, Birmingham. This may have been classed as a bitter but I’d say it is more of a golden ale. Pours a clear amber with sediment. Nice head with a decent lifespan. Faint, citrus aroma with some fruity hops. Poor mouthfeel - too fizzy for my tastes and more in line with a pale lager. Taste is initially bitter but soon gives way to sweetness and a huge shot of citrus. Decent session/barbeque ale but not at all memorable.

500ml bottle. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is peach and straw. Taste has peach throughout with straw in a medium bitter finish. Not in your face but easy drinking.

Bottle that Barry picked up at SH Jones, Bicester, Oxon, Saturday 29th October 2011, cheers Barry. Pours gold with a lacing of filmy white tiny bubbles. Little bit floral on the nose, lightly fruity in the mouth with citrus showing, though also a touch flowery in mouth. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2

(bottle conditioned) Aromatic apricot hops and tree bark do the conga with wet leaves ..... sweet malt in rivers of citrus ....

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium yellow to orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, moderate hoppy, orange - mandarin. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100119]

Bottled. A dark golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of spices, malt, and a bit of herbs. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and a bit of spices, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle 50 cl. Golden, almost clear with a white head. sweet malty and fruity. Medium body, a little fruit and an almost perfumy touch from the hops. Very subdued bitterness. 190110

Cask-conditioned at the Cross Hands, Winterbourne Down, S Gloucestershire 18/05/09. Golden in colour with a slight, lacy white head. Citrus hop aroma with some malt sweetness and hay. Flavour began sweet, before a touch of grapefruit and orange and decent dry finish. Drinkable.

Bottle: Pissy colour and the aroma of fuddy, wet animals. Less than appealing start to what turned out to be a stale and boring brew. Te only notable thing here is the boozy petrol finish. Bleh

Bottle. Golden with a slight haze.Hoppy with some sweetness. lingering aftertaste.Some sediment was left in the bottle. A very decent bottle conditioned ale.