Harveys Armada Ale (Cask)

Brewed by Harveys
Style: Bitter
Lewes, England

Serve in English pint

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Sweet malt, a hint of some nut and hop to balance. Decent session beer, but a touch too sweet and slightly cloying.

Copper red with a small bubbly head. Has a sweet berry aroma but little flavour, however it is smooth in the palate.

Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear, bright gold with a foamy, white head. Nose holds some toasty bread, light berries, some twigs. Light to medium sweet flavor with mellow, leafy bitterness, some jammy fruits, modest berries, a bit of bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Lightly sticky sweet finish with some dull berries, toasted sugars, bread, leaves. A pretty classic bitter served well.

First tasted this at the Boswell Hotel, Glasgow in June 1991. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thick white head. Hint of caramel in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a maltloaf flavour with syrupy sultanas and toffee notes prevailing. Spicy prickle of hop resins give a dry bitter aftertaste. Finish is fruity with sweet blood oranges evident. A decent session bitter and well recommended.

Cask at the Royal Oak, London. Bittersweet flavor with raisiny, fruity and orangey hops, toffee and winegums in the background. Hint of sulfur in the aroma. Fairly good bitter, hoppy yet soft.

Cask at Royal Oak. Orange amber colour with small white head. Aroma is quite fruity, blood orange mainly. Slightly boozy too, almost a bit orange liqueur like. Taste has the same strong orange taste, quite full on in the mouth, maybe a bit too much over the course of a whole pint. Quite slick, with a fruity end. Liked it, but probably would have preferred to just have a half.

Cask at the White Rock Hotel, Hastings. Amber with a thin white head; fresh, hoppy aroma; clean bitter flavour with floral English hops - not what our American cousins would call hoppy - but hoppy nevertheless; the hops become peppery towards the finish, letting the malts come through with a handful of raisins tossed in for good measure. An excellent bitter.

Cask at The Elephant’s Head, Lamberhurst, Kent. Pours a deep orange-amber with a spare fizzy white head. Mild aroma, slightly sweet, of light hops, fruit and caramel malt. Flavour’s also a bit sweet along with a decent amount of floral hops which mostly show up in the finish. Average bodied. Pretty good, not "this is really hoppy" like the bartender said but still a good beer.

Cask at the Royal Oak, RBESG 2011. Bronze-orange color, with slight lace. Bland, slight caramel nose. Malty flavor, light hops, sweet orange, rather bland and not like their others.

A lovely strong pale ale, I have tried this in both Bottle and Cask and it is such a nice ale from Harveys. Superb drink