Cottage Clifton Ale

Brewed by Cottage
Style: Bitter
Castle Cary, England

Serve in English pint

Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury, courtesy of Rick who wouldn’t let me leave without trying the Cottage beer, cheers Rick. Brown with white head. Fruity malty beer, I got a perfumed strawberry note, so I agree with the fruit jelly comment below. Boiled malts, a touch sweet with hints of caramel. Lacks hops.

Erm, opposite the Hippodrome in Brum. Woodsy malt aroma with a squeeze of old sock. Fruit jelly with too much water. Mealy malt, caramel and mushy biscuit. Had high hopes having tried the DB5. A watery anticlimax.

Cask Handpump at the Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield 07/04/2007 Fruit and malt aromas. Amber coloured and fruity with some sour flavour. Crisp dry malt finish.

Cask@The Magpie & Crown, Brentford, WLondon. sweet, slightly boiled veggies and toffee character, wholemeal grain, caramel, too sweet, sticky.

Cask handpull at Magpie & Crown, Brentford. Chestnut colour, some malt but fades quickly, some toffee, bit watery. Could be good, but isn’t