Davenports Nightmare

Brewed by Highgate (HWBC Ltd)
Style: Bitter
Walsall, England

Serve in English pint

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Handpulled cask at the Southern Cross, Watford. Pale gold with a white head. Very malty and sweet with little balancing bitterness. Pretty dull really.

Tasted this inTennent’s Bar, Glasgow in November 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear tawny in colour with a thin white head. Slight hint of roast malt in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt base gives a roasted grain note at the start which soon fades to a digestive biscuit base with pomegranate fruit flavours. Dry hop resins give a dusty aftertaste. Finish is slightly sweet with burnt caramel notes coming through. An ok session bitter but a bit on the bland side to be honest.

cask in Cloisters edinburgh ... brown red ... sweet toffee malt nose ... juicy litttle sweet light roast ...nice berry fruit .

Cask, half pint served at The Criterion in St Andrews. The beer was not found to be in its best condition, but seemed to be rather stale. Dark amber body, lacing-head. Weak malt-fruity aroma. Hints of caramel malts in the flavour. Watery and creamy in the mouth [09.11.2008].

Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 15/11/08. Deep amber with a slight, off-white head. Fruity, caramel aroma. Doughy, sweet malt flavour with red fruit and a short, bitter finish. Not particularly memorable.

[Cask at the Globe, Moorgate, London.] Copper with a thin white head leaving good lacing; damp grain aroma; cereal flavours with some sweet malts; assertive clinging bitter finish. Pleasant enough, but nothing special.

From cask at Tennents. Pours clear and golden orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild fruity and light malty. Flat malty flavoured with a light bitterness showing through. Yet nothing outstanding. Bitter and malty finish.