Dark Star Partridge

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Bitter
Horsham, England

Serve in English pint

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Brasserie 4:20 (cask). Spillata a pompa. Ambrata carica, molto intensa, un poco torbida, con schiuma biancastra poco persistente. Aroma leggermente fruttato, con luppolo ben in evidenza, note di malto caramellato e una punta acidula. In bocca è piuttosto morbida, ma la luppolatura si fa comunque ben sentire, lievi sentori di lievito nel finale. Corpo medio, carbonazione soft. Una discreta bitter ale, forse non la migliore di questo birrificio, ma perfetta come session beer.

Cask at Craft Beer, London. Amber/copper beer with a small head. Fruity aroma with hop notes. Fruity flavor, hoppy, citrus, some metal. Balanced hop finish.

Cask, The Pub, Leicester. Amber with an off-white head. Aromas are weetabix malts with some nuttiness. Tea with some floral notes and light spices. Flavours are dry tea with weetabix and some tart lemon. Yeasty with some leafy and woody notes. Peppery and dry to finish. Pretty decent.

Cask - The Fat Cat, Norwich. Poured a clear golden amber with a fine, bubbly & lasting white head. Earth, yeast, mid fruits, sulphur & a toastiness on the nose. Mid fruits, some good tangerine, nice earthy, grassy EKG, toasted malt & a soft citrus note at the back. Light to medium body, delicate carbonation, soft though lingering bitterness in the finish.

Cask at the Wandsworth Common Beer Festival, 25th March 2011. Orangey colour, hint of head. Decent English best bitter with interesting side flavours and a hoppy finish. Quite grainy nose. Nice (but I’d expect no less from Dark Star!)

[cask at Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh] Ruddy, nut brown bitter with a decent white head. Aromas of walnuts, malt and leathery earth. Lovely bitter flavour – slightly sweet, but with that hop edge to complement perfectly. Fruity as well, smooth caramel too. Liking it so much, I stayed on this the whole night – which for a RateBeerian, is the highest praise you can give [04112011]

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a dark golden colour with a fair white head. Aroma is a little smoky with caramel, barley and yeast. Similar flavours with a little smoke again. Mild carbonation and light CO2 prickle. OK.

Cask at Dean Swift. It pours deep amber, with a thick, bubbly off-white head. The nose is quite subtle notes of wood, malt, dust, smoke and nut. The taste is wood, dust, leather, malt, dried fruit, nut and a bit of orange pith, with a dry finish. Lightish body and soft carbonation. Ok, but nothing special.

Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Copper coloured. Malty and fruity aroma with hints of hops and dried fruit. The taste is nicely balanced with malt, hops and notes of dried fruit and nuts combining nicely.

Cask at Dean Swift. Deep amber pour with a little bit of light smoke. Distinct peat smoke character although the palate is fairly light-bodied. A little bit of fruit and some toasted malt character. Not roasty, but a touch of fruit. Pretty nice brew - quite unique really. Slightly astringent.