Clarks No Angel

Brewed by Clarks
Style: Bitter
Wakefield, England

Serve in English pint

Cask conditioned @ Giddy Bridge (JDW), Soton. Sweet fruity toffee, thin and a bit bland. really not my thing

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in June 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale russet in colour with a thin foam white head. Poor short lived aroma of peaches. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Insipid pale malt base gives a slight watermelon flavour and little else. Sparkling tang of hop resins flood the aftertaste and this continues into the slightly dry tangy finish. Not my favourite from the portfolio but drinkable if pushed.

20th June 2008. Well balanced bitter. Actually not that bitter at all Orangey fruity note balanced by smooth malt.

Amber ith a lasting white head. Weak grassy aroma with some malt. Dry and fruity flavour with a hint of roasted malt and a tart edge

Cask handpull The Castle, London. Copper brown colour, slight haze, disappearing head. It’s a not very good bitter, some fruit malt, some tingle on the finish. Aroma is musty and poor, not fully attenuated I’d say.

Cask. Goldeny amber colour with small white head. Aroma is fruits, some glueishlike notes, sweet nectar and mild caramel. Flavour is nectar, wood, some not/too/sweet fruityness as well as mild notes of grass. Semidry palate and bitter finish.

Handpulled cask at JDW Watford. Clear deep amber with medium off white head. Sweet fruity with caramel and hops. Ends mild bitter. Soft mouthfeel.

Cask in the counting house. Aroma is caramel malts, biscuity and grassy bittering hop. Taste is similar. Have i written this rating before?