Durham Bonny Lass

Brewed by Durham
Style: Bitter
Durham, England

Serve in English pint

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(Cask conditioned). A brand new beer from the enterprising brewers of Durham, sampled at the Wear Valley CAMRA beer festival. (Room temperature). CAMRA stated the ABV to be 4.2%, brewery website says 3.9% (possibly not updated - they speak of the beer as a project in the making). CAMRA write "Bonnie" (which is logical), brewery website says "Bonny" - I guess they have their reasons. Low (natural) carbonation. Reddish brown colour. Malty aroma and flavour, moderate hops. The North East English style is really a marriage between English bitter and Scottish "heavy". Not a bad brew (quite good, actually), but a beer as malty as this would profit on a higher ABV.

[Cask from The Three Judges] Deep amber colour with a small head. Aroma of caramel and toasted malt, lots of esters, berry fruits. body feels on the watery side, fruity palate, touch of dryness.

Aroma guives honey a touch of roasted malts, grassy. Taste gives more grass than expected, but to be honest this beer is durhamed out its nut.

Cask Handpump at Blind Jacks, Knaresborough 28/04/2004 Mid brown colour and very fruity with some sourness. Quite bitter slightly dry finish.