Hambleton Bitter

Brewed by Hambleton
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

Serve in English pint

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[Cask at GBBF 2005] A pale orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is slightly buttery combined with some notes of hops. The flavor is sweet malty and hoppy, but also with some slight notes of butter, leading to s dry bitter end.

Amber with a white head. Nose is sweet, touch cloying elderflower with sugary malt sweet, grainy malt, bitter crystal malt. Balance is a little off. Some floral and soap.

First tasted this in the Golden Lion, Northallerton in August 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear gold in colour with a thick white head. Strong aroma of dusty hops in the short nose. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt base gives a short digestive biscuit note with marmalade fruit. Dusty hop resins impart a dry resiny aftertaste. Slight hint of malt in at the finish. An ok session bitter.

cask at bow bar ... golden amber ... creamy off white head ... creamy light fruity hop ... nice soft fruits ... easy drinking ... really quite tasty

Cask Handpump at Bonhommes Bar, Filey 07/02/2009 Malt aroma. Small white head. Golden coloured pale and malty with a little bitterness in a crisp and dry finish.

Cask @ Charlies Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Hasa fruity malty and slightly hoppy aroma. Fruity malty flavor with some hints of hops and citrus. Fruity finish with some malty hints.

Cask at Charlies. Clear golden coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops with notes of malts and berries. Fruity flavour of berries and hops. Dry hoppy finish.

From cask at Charlies, handwritten chalk board tap sign which said Hambleton Best Bitter, 3.6%. Pours cloudy orange with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is malt driven and light hoppy. Flavour holds a mild bitternes to a dry malt base. Ends slight breadish.

Cask conditioned at Charlies. Dark golden coloured. Nice herbal hop aroma with notes of exotic fruits and pine. The same pleasant notes in the flavour. The finish is dry and bitter. Very refreshing and tasty.

Cask conditioned - handpump - Wootton WMC. A yellow gold coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. A very dry bitter both in taste and aroma. A little yeasty in some ways and thena bitter finish comes in. Sessionably low in ABV but not sure you could take too much of the dryness.

Cask gravity at Kent BF 07. Gold, bubbly white head. Citrusy bitter. OK, bit of yeast, some apple and lemon. OK, bit empty up front. Decent raspberry fruit finish. Fine.