Hambleton Stallion

Brewed by Hambleton
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottle. Amber colour with a medium baige head. Spicy yeasty caramel aroma and a thin ashtray dry taste. Medium body and a skunky bitter dry finish.

A copper colored beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is sweet yeasty with notes of citrus and caramel. The flavor is yeasty with notes of citrus, goldings hops, and toffee, leading to a dry quite bitter end.

Bottle, from Pearsons Farm Shop, Melton Ross. Copper bronze, thin white head and low condition. Low citric hoppiness in the nose, a little thin and tinny in the mouth with quite a harsh hop bitterness and a touch of fruitiness. Low lingering hop bitterness and some sweet toffee.

Pours dark amber colored with a thin off-white head. Caramel aroma with a slight bitterness. Sweet at first in the flavor, malty and caramelly, with some bitter hops in the fisnish. Metallic tones.

Cask Conditioned, at the Market Porter, Borough, London.
Amber body with a foaming grey beige head. Strong bitter flavour, tasty with long length on the palate.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense. A particularly musty smell which was a bit offputting. The beer is dark brown with little head to speak of. There is some bitterness in the taste but an unpleasant snatch in the aftertaste. I think this beer was suffering from being a little unfresh as Hambleton is usually a reliable brewery.