Cottage Hound Dog

Formerly brewed at Cottage
Style: Bitter
Castle Cary, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask Handpump at the Head Of Steam, London 11/06/2003 Copper amber coloured and fruity. Some dryness and a lasting full malt finish.

Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Brown red with white head. Standard malty cottage bitter. Fruity with plum, prunes and cereal notes. Drinkable but unremarkable.

Cask at Market Porter London SE1 29 Apr 06. Dark brown colour. A small head. Hints of malt and fruit. A pleasant bitter aftertaste. Well balanced.

Cask Conditioned, at the Market Porter, Borough, London .
Crimson, amber body with frothy beige head. Sweet fruitiness is disparate although pleasant when found.

Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Dark brown beer, with a frothy head. Leathery, oaky beer, with a hint of berry, creating a pleasant purple malt feeling.

(Cask at Carpenter’s Arms, Marble Arch, London 22 Apr 2006) Dark brown colour with hints of ruby, firm white head. Nose is malty and fruity with hints of figs, raisins, chocolate and dark cherries. Taste is malty with dried fruit (prunes, raisins) and some chocolate. Moderate bitterness in the finish, mainly malt. Nice.

Cask, Wheatsheaf, Blackpool. The Wheatsheaf was the best pub of the Blackpool Rocks weekend. Full of character and characters. It is held in time, with plenty of old men in flatcaps sipping their pints while reading the paper, light streaming in through the smoke. The beer was scarlet coloured with an oatmeal head. 11 pints into the weekend and I'm starting to appreciate the smooth, creamy Northern method of serving ale. Dark brown sugar and raisin fruit, with a gentle dusty hop finish. Nice balance.