Fullers Mr Harry (Cask)

Brewed by Fuller’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
London, England

Serve in English pint

First tasted this in Coanes, Johnstone in April 1987. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin white head. Slight hint of fruity malt in the short nose. thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a digestive biscuit note mixed with caramel and dry raisin fruit. Short note of dry hop flowers impart a resiny metallic bitterness in the aftertaste. Finish is malty and slightly woody with oak cask notes. An ok session bitter.

Cask at Green Lion, Malmø. Clear red/brown - white head. Roasted, toasted, buttery, light diacetyl, light hoppy, light fruity.

Cask @ BA, Mollberg Helsingborg. Pours deep red copper with a creamy beige head leaving lots of lace. Aroma is bready, malty, sweetish, nutty, fruity and raisins. Flavor is malty, fullbodied, fruity, dark fruits, sweet and bitter tart. Finishes fruity and tart bitter.

Cask. Slightly hazy amber with a creamy off-white head leaving some laces. Lightly citrusy nose. Medium body, a little low in carbonation, nuts and vitamins with a whiff of spices - cardamom? - with a fairly solid hop finish. 020911

Cask at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden. Clear copper, small beige head. Fruity and nutty aroma with red berries and floral hops. Dry with low to medium bitterness.

Cask at the Beehive, St. Johns Hill, 12th Sept 2010. Hazy dark copper colour with a line of whitish head. Sour nose and flavour. Fruity & malty taste but an unpleasant persistent aftertaste. Pretty certain this was off, will re-rate.

Clear dark amber, off-white creamy head. Aroma is butterscotch and nutty. Taste is pretty much the same. Nice and creamy with a nutty bitter end.

Cask @ Gastropub Soho.
Poured a dark amber colour without a head. Aroma of fruits and mild hops. Flavour of strong, stinging hops and malts with nuts and spices. Medium bodied with smooth mouthfeel. Dry hoppy finish. Quite pleasant.