Cotswold Spring Codrington Codger

Brewed by Cotswold Spring
Style: Bitter
Chipping Sodbury, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (Village Inn, Rayners Lane)
Mid orange-brown, tiny loose head. Aroma like a childrens fizzy sweet. Anna mentioned melted ice cream. However, it’s a bit bland. A bit sweet, the malts are very simple, a little grainy, some husks. A bit watery too, and heading towards thin. Sessionable, but there are better ales out there.

A - caramel and and biscutie A - dark gold with thin head T - light sour and sharp bitter P - mid O - ehhh....

Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW, Victoria SW1. Pours a pale copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty and slighlty metallic aroma. Fruity malty nutty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity caramel nutty hoppy finish.

Cask @ The King’s Highway, Inverness 250811
Light brown amber...thin white dense head.
Aroma.....light...caramel malt.
Taste of fruity malt, caramel, berries, some bitter spicy hops, bit of toffee. Has a reasonably good flavour.
Palate...soft carb...smooth...Finish fruity malt with some bitterness, light roast.
Overall...Pleasant drinkable beer, not exciting, but just a traditional bitter that is somewhat better than the average bog standard bitter.

Cask@The Regal, Cambridge. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, fruits, wood and some mild grassy notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, some earthy and mild toasted bready notes. Quite nice and mellow bitter.

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Slightly hazy, amber coloured beer, with a tight cream head; aroma of malt and biscuit; crisp malty flavour, becoming more mellow as time goes on, eventually reminding me of Ovaltine.

The Jug and Jester (JDW), Leamington, 17/07/11. Copper with a slick beige lid lining the glass. Slight herbal hop aroma, maybe- not much happening. Soft ferny hop, caramel-draped stone, aniseed, cinder toffee. Good bog standard brown bitter. A welcome return to beeriness after the North Cotswold.

Draught cask at the bridge bar in Belfast. A typical mid brown British bitter this one reminiscent of ringwood best. Fuggles aroma assaults the nose. Hedgerow fruits and bitter finish. Thirst quenching.

Cask Conditioned handpump Kings Arms Oxford. An amber coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. A sweet malty nose with a bit of toffee. A reasonably balanced bittersweet taste with a toch of fruit. The sweetness probably dominates but it’s fine.

Cask conditioned at The King’s Arms, Oxford. Amber with white head. Sweet, malty beer, some yeasty bread notes, some fruitiness, soft, just average.

Cask - St.Urho’s. Amber body, white fluffy head. Strong aroma efor first try, bready, malty, floury and some nice fudge. Very malty and nutty flavour. Smooth mouthfeel. Bitterness comes afterwards. Well balanced. Nice malty backbone and some balanced bitterness.