Copper Dragon Scotts 1816

Brewed by Copper Dragon (UK)
Style: Bitter
Skipton, England

Serve in English pint

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Clean amber color. Some malty aroma. Good malty taste, dry caramel, strong tartic bitterness, very long.

9th July 2009
Draft. Clear dark gold beer. Low carbonation. A little fruity in the nose which carries over to the taste. Palate is semi dry. Ultimately hamstrung by some sulphur.

500ml brown bottle (4.4%ABV) BBD unreadable, but sometime in 2012! Poured (twice) into a ’Back Forty Beer Co’ badged US pint glass. Nice deep golden body, clear and clean looking, on top a thin white coat of tight bubbles. The label wanted the beer chilled and served at 8 degrees C, it was. This effected the smell, only hops at first, but as the beer warmed maltly biscuits and toasted brown bread esters arrived. The taste was also hoppy at first, wether the beer was cool or warming, the hops ruled the flavours. Refreshing and fairly sharp on the tongue, an ideal summers day pint with a ’Ploughmans Lunch’: I had some mature Cheddar and Double Gloucester with my pint and they suited each other perfectly.

Bottle 50 cl, Westholme Stores. Pours clear amber with a good off white head. Aroma is malty, sweetish, a bit caramel, hay and fruity. Flavor is fruity, metallic, malty and hoppy bitter. Very drinkable, good carbonation and in my opinion a very nice bitter. Finishes bitter fruity.

Bottle, from Morrisons Scunthorpe. Copper gold, thin but lasting white head and gentle condition. Hints of caramel, burnt toffee and fruit in the nose with some background earthy hop notes. Quite soft in the mouth with some melon notes and a more insistent hoppiness developing, and lingering, in the finish.

On cask at Lamb Inn, Bury. An earthy best bitter. Good texture but the flavour lacks depth. Average.

Cask @ 3 Judges. Orange colour, off-white head. Nose is slight caramel malts, a bit hoppy. Flavour is caramel mlats, bit of fruits, followed by dry biscuit. A bit bland.

Bottle. Pours a light amber colour with a thin white head, plenty of hops and fruit in the aroma, the taste is all hops and citrus fruit with a dry finish.

Bottle from Vaaland, Bryne. Pours clear deep golden with a big frothy white head.Aroma of fruity hops and malts. Taste is moderate sweet bready malts, with a light hoppy finish. Good sessionable beer. Almost full bodied.

50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK. Golden amber, balanced but full aroma of peach and clove. Malty flavour, gradually overtaken by fresh spice on the finish with a lingering brightness.

Bottle from Vaaland Spesialbutikken, Bryne. Light copper body, small white head. Aroma is mild and kinda nutty, with hints of caramel. Taste is sugary caramel with hints of bubblegum in a not-so-nice-way. Thin and watery palate. Pretty mediocre.