Coach House Regency Best Bitter

Formerly brewed at Coach House
Style: Bitter
Warrington, England

Serve in English pint

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JDW Autumn Fest 2010. Light, clean, dry malt base with sweet top notes. Juicy, fruity hops. Exotic citric. Lychees, melon and Indian fruit.

Cask handpull at Penderel’s Oak, JDW, Holborn. Copper colour, thin beige head. Not expecting much. It’s a bitter with some dusty toffee, not much hop, no bitterness on finish. Touch of plastercene. Bit of bread. Poor.

Cask, The Highcross, Leicester. Amber gold with a bubbly foam. Aromas are woody and peppery with light Autumn fruit. Hints of melon with floral notes. Flavours are sweet biscuit malts followed by very dry, woody notes. Light grapefruit bitterness on the finish with underlying caramel sweetness. A bit dull.

Cask conditioned handpump Red Well Wellingborough. A golden beer with a white head and lacing. A straightforward light easy drinking beer. Nothing big on flavour or aroma; just clean and acceptable. A bit of spritzy pineapple on the nose and moderate bitterness.

Cask at Central Bar JDW. Pours mostly clear gold with a faint film. Bready malts on the nose with faint caramel and earth. Sweet with glazed donut, mild bread, caramel and light, perhaps citrusy bitterness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Lightly sticky on the finish with more sweet, bready notes and pleasant hops. Pretty drinkable, thought it could use a touch more carbonation.

3rd Novemeber 2010
Spoons Fest! Clear amber beer, no head and no carbonation. Dryish palate. Clean and mildy fruity. A trace of orange and lemon sherbet. Dry finish. Respectable.

Not a huge fan of Coach House, especially when I walk into The Sheffield Tap to find their largely interchangeable fruit concoctions usurping the Thornbridge handpumps. Looks like another bog standard brown bitter; copper with a slim off white collar. Negligible autumnal woods aroma; elder, chestnut and a pile of dead leaves. Soft, clean and nutty with a cream, oatmeal and hazelnut accent. Well made, gently nuanced bitter in good nick...but a whole pint would bore me.

Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Amber with a ring of translucent head; fruity aroma; thin and grainy texture with some light citrus and biscuit flavours; dry and biscuity finish.

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 2/11/10. Deep, slightly hazy gold with a slight, white head. Aroma of sweet malts, grapefruit and apples. Thin mouth feel, with more fruit and sweetness, before a short, bitter finish. One was enough.