Everards Original (Cask)

Brewed by Everards
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Leicester, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask by handpump at Society Room, Glasgow - clear dark amber, medium bubbly off-white head, weak floral malty aroma, excellent lacing, toffee, soft fruits, creamy, bit watery, refreshing, easy to drink

pints from cask. pours a transparent copper/orange with thick creamy head. aroma is hoppy, slightly of sugar, caramel and bread. taste is very good slightly oily perhaps but very drinkable. no carbonation at all of course. malts and bread.

Smooth with a creamy head. Is a copper coloured ale with a berry aroma.

I've not had a pint of original for ages. Living in Leicester makes it kind of ubiquitous. It's a shame really cos it is a nice beer, not much wrong with it if it is a little boring. Easy to drink I think I still prefer Everards Beacon though. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Cask at John Scotts Pub cons 2012-12-07 Göteborg AR: wee caramel, wee wee fruitiness AP: amber hazy, no head F: wee carbonation , watery, burned caramel, mild and smooth caracter, wee plum

Cask at John Scotts Pub, Göteborg. Phenolic and fruity flavor with old roses and smoke. Very unclean. Low bitterness.

Cask @ The Bon Accord. Reddish amber brown colour, reasonable head. Grain caramel malt aroma. Caramel marzipan malt flavour. Bitter aftertaste. Reasonable bitter.

Cask at John Scott’s Pub, Göteborg. On September 21, 2012
Pretty much clear amber to copper color, white to off-white head. Fruity, floral, malty, sweet, some caramel taste. Bitter, grainy, dry aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel. Medium bitterness, herbal and floral. Sweet, berry, fruity, esters scent.
Nice and very drinkable.

5th Sep 2012 and I’m in The Fighting Cocks, Oakengates: the only pub owned by the Ironbridge Brewery. Everards were involved with setting up this joint venture; hence their beers are always available in this pub. I had a hand-pulled pint in a straight UK sleeve glass. Amber bodied; with an off-white head. The nose and taste was a good mix of flavours: hoppy and malty at the same time, fruity hops, nutty malts with a semi-sweet start and a mildly-bitter finish, both to the smell and taste. I’d forgotten how good this was: not had a pint of this for years, I’ll try and rectify that a lttle more often now I’ve re-visited it.

A slightly fizzy pint with a foamy head that reduced to a thin film. Sweet but not overly so, a slightly bitter taste to balance it out. Refreshing but at 5.2% it’s not one I’d choose as a guzzler.