Coach House Post Horn

Brewed by Coach House
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Warrington, England

Serve in English pint

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear light amber color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, toffee, butter, (creamy caramel). Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in July 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear gold in colour with a thick creamy white head. Strong intense aroma of vanilla ice cream. Smooth creamy mouthfeel and good lacing throughout. Pale malt component leads you to think a citrus whack is on the cards but a juicy medlay of tropical fruit appears instead. Lychees, mango, honeydew melon, white peach and soft brown sugar assault the taste buds. Floral hop resins give a short bitter aftertaste but fruity malt continue into the finish with dry pommegranate notes. This is an excellent ESB and highly recommended.

Cask (Cross Keys JDW, London)
Lactic, acidic, and spooned pale ale. Worst of all - it had just come on (wasn’t on when we arrived, had it on our way out). Staff weren’t even anywhere near the bar so that I could tell them they’re selling crap. Should rerate. Should insult the pub.

Cask @ Sir John Oldcastle, JDW, Farringdon EC1. Pours a hazy and very pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy caramel finish.

Golden colour with a white creamy head clinging to the glass. Honey, syrup aroma. Earth sweet malt flavour. Smooth texture.

Forget the commercial description, this beer is bland and watery. Golden with a white head. Some malt, some hops, nothing exciting at all and at 5% seriously? One of Wetherspoons mistake beers.

Cask @ Wetherspoon, Inverness. Appearance - Golden beer, 1 finger white head. Aroma - not much aroma, some sweet malt. Taste - Bland and watery (for 5.0% abv!), again some sweet malt, slight citrus hop, very boring. Nothing much in the palate, finish has some cereal, and slight citrus. A rather tasteless brew for the lager drinkers. The commercial description is a joke.

Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Hazy dark golden colour, off-white head. Nose is malted, bit citric, slightly sour. Flavour is malty, citrus, followed by dry biscuit. A bit dusty. Slightly dry and bitter finish.

The Baron. Pale gold with a cream rim. Buttery sock aroma I’m afraid. Tired diacetyl-smothered citrus, some decent grassy undercurrents, jellied orange. Vanilla buttery, some cask and biscuit linger, faint lime and grapefruit. Tired and thin beside the Double Header, but a dribble of character remains.

Cask handpump at The Regal (Wetherspoons), Cambridge. Slightly cloudy, gold with a big head. Vinegar scent. Thin and quite sweet. Sugar and grass in the mouth. Not much in it, though.

on tap at the kings head in Monmouth. Golden colour with a scummy looking head. Aroma of malt with some barley taste of malt with some hops. Smooth. Expected it to taste more like a larger but was surprised to find it tasted like a beer.