East London Foundation Bitter

Brewed by East London
Style: Bitter
London, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask, Derby Winter Fest 13. Hazy golden brown with a cream foam. Aromas are yeasty with apple, wheat and rye. Woody with berries and floral notes. Honey with soft spices. Flavours are grain and earthy apple with pepper and woody notes. Nice.

Cask (?, Cambridge) - guessing it was this beer, I just have "ELB" East London Bitter in my notes
Simple sweet aroma, some hazelnut. Nutty bitterness continues in the taset. Nicely attenuated. Very quenching bitter. Some green hops in the finish. Simple bitter very well attenuated.

Cask at the Grafton, London on 21st September 2012. Clear copper with off-white part lacing frothy head. Malty, fruity aroma with berries. The in-mouth taste is fruity with a touch of roastiness, malt and strong bitterness. Satisfying, long-lasting very bitter finish. Very well-kept pint in new pub.

Dispensed from the cask into an English half pint jug at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green (Jan ’12). Pours to a clear amber/copper colour with a thin white head. Subtle malty nose twinned with a light hop aroma, would say citrusy hops - grapefruit/orangey smell. Malts in the taste, but probably a little more background than the smell, also get the citrus fruit flavours in the hopping, earthy-ish but not too bitter in the aftertaste A fairly thin beer in body, but not to the detriment of my enjoyment - ample for this style/ABV!

Cask @ The Union Tavern, Notting Hill. The beer pours deep amber with a small head. The nose is fairly faint, some dusty light yeasty fruits and spices. The taste is big malty fruits, strawberry, Light bitter finish. Some bread. The usual for a bitter. The body’s medium. Overall, OK.

Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’12. Amber to gold with white head. A fairly standard session type bitter, well balanced, crisp, bready malts, reasonable roastiness then a leafy fuggles type hop note. Does exactly what it says.

Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

Clear medium amber color with a average, open and frothy to fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, fruity, moderate hoppy, sweet hoppy, sweet orange - citrus, candy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111209]

14th March 2012
Crosse Keys Spoons. Clear amber beer, tiny white head. Light dry palate. Nice hops! Mild but fresh and vibrant (so a nice change from the Spoons fest beers). Floral with light lime marmalade and a trace of tropical fruits. Finishes with minerals and the hops turning slightly more bitter. Decent and drinkable.

Cask, handpump at The Shoulder of Mutton, Wantage, Oxon, in company of Peter Fowler 28.03.12 Pours brown slight haze, small white head. Very good bitter, nicely citrus, Peter reckoned grassy and a little sileage but I didn’t get that, however I did get a good pushy lemony flavour underpinning a decent malty standard bitter, thoroughly enjoyed this and would happily session on this beer. A6 A3 T8 P4 Ov14 3.5

Cask-conditioned at the London Beer Festival, Seven Stars, Bristol 6/12/2011. Amber with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of cereal malts, a touch of stoned fruit and dusty hops. Flavour had some solid malts, more fruit and long, bitter finish. Good.