Church End Vicars Ruin

Brewed by Church End
Style: Bitter
Nuneaton, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 21/02/10. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Aroma of apricot and peach, with a hint of spicy hop. Flavour was sweetish, with cereal malts, more fruit and a bitter finish. Ok.

Tasted this in the Three Judges, Glasgow in September 2003. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear pale gold in colour with a thin white head. Light citrus aroma of lemon drops and elderflower short in intensity. Fizzy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a weak citrus note of burnt oranges and cereal. Strong flavour of hop resins in the dry bitter aftertaste is classic Church End. Finish is bitter edged with hop resins still delivering dry floral notes. A good summer session bitter.

Cask. No head. Hazy orange body. Banana peach appple aroma. Mild fruity bitter falvor with a spicy note, low carbonation and a long aftertaste.

Cask. Cloudy pale yellowish colour, short bubbly head. Aroma is fruity, bit sweet and with some citrus. Ok mouthfeel. The flavour has a mild fruitiness with a soft bitter hoppiness, some sweetness. Little apple too. Simple.

From tap at Lord Nelson. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Mild fruity and yeasty aroma. Mild crisp grassy hops flavoured, light metallic and yeasty too. Bitter and dry flavoured finish. In poor condition.

Cask at Lord Nelson. Cloudy golden coloured with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of grass and hops. Fruity flavour of hops and grass with notes of grape fruits and pine apples. Dry hoppy finish.

Cask at Lord Nelson, Copenhagen. A hazy light yellow beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is light citrusy. The flavor is sweet with light notes of malt, citrus, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.

Cask at Lord Nelson. Cloudy yellow - no head. Tobacco, fruity, orange, ashes, light hoppy, light malty, light sweetness, bitterness, zesty. Classic Church End !!!

Cask conditioned @ The Plough, Byfleet. Dry malts. Some leafy hop. Quite drinkable but not especially flavoursome.

Cask @ The Bear, Camberwell. Some cream in the nose together with a sweet honey aroma. Light body with some carbonation.Pours a grassy yellow. Quite a simple beer.