Hambleton Taylor’s Tipple

Brewed by Hambleton
Style: Bitter
Ripon, England

Serve in English pint

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A Mes rate. Bottle at home.
Clean amber gold body with a thin white head. Sweetish nutty malt on the nose with hints of caramel. Similar flavour with some slight card and metal. Nutty finish with some eventual bitterness thank god. Saved by the finish for sure. Ends up with a pleasant balanced aftertaste. So so.

Brown 500ml bottle, best before the end of Oct 2010, drank mid Oct 2010. Poured into an ’Abbot Ale’ badged tankard. Clear and good looking amber body, an off white blanket of foam sat on top, which produced some heavy lacing as the beer sank. Hop bitterness aroma, but not overstated, a malt presence balances out the hops, both in the smell and tastes. As stated, a balanced brew: very drinkable and full of those ’good quality English Bitter’ flavours. An almost rich and creamy depth to it, a winters night beer and one I’d have again and again.

Bottle, Batch 2801. Chocolate, soft malts, red fruits, vinegar (bottling problems?). Smoky taste which lends the beer its characteristic bitterness, despite hints of sweetness, which leads to a tantalising dry finish. Amber body. Thin white head.

bottle, light malthoppy aroma, a bit caramel, amber, clear, white foam, medium bitterness, light sweetness, full caramel mouth tastelong finish, bitter, average carbonation, good full taste beer

Bottle at home in London. Pours golden-brown with a large, foamy head. Aroma holds crispy malts and leafy hops. Light sweet flavor, some burnt toast, faint caramel, light wood, some leafy and earthy bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with earthy, slightly dirty hops, toasted malts, mild dough. Nice beer.

Bottle from my local offy. Clear amber with a thin to medium off white head. Has a slightly sweaty aroma but more my pleasant sweat than someone elses unpleasant stuff, some malt and caramel in there too. Flavour is malt and caramel, some floral hops, bitter and dry finish. It’s an English bitter all right and quite a tasty one.

500ml bottle. Pours a hazy light orange with a medium head. Aroma is dusty hops, a little lemon and yeast, faint. Bready malt and a little lemon to start. Medium bitter finish.

Nice coffee aroma and a fruity taste make this an unsual and unique tasting bitter, which was very pleasant

Medium offwhite head. Amber body with lots of carbonation. Nutty fruity floral aroma with dusty metal and caramel notes. Dry-sweet caramelly nutty roasty taste with dusty mealy notes. Light body. Mild mouthfeel. Dry papery earthy roasty aftertaste with wild berry and ashy smoky notes. Nice, vivid, and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle, Sainsbury’s, London.)

Bottle 500ml.

Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee - butter, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100813]

Bottle, 4.5%. OK malty aroma with a bit of fruit and plastic. Clear grey amber colour. Small frothy white head. The flavour starts off with a rough bitterness, but clean enough. Then comes a good maltiness and later again a bit of yeast. Not bad.