Hogs Back BSA (Burma Star Ale)

Brewed by Hogs Back
Style: Bitter
Farnham, England

Serve in English pint

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Pours dark amber with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, grass, flower and pine. Flavour is caramel, nuts and flower. A little edgy.

Bottle at the ChrisO Holiday Tasting, London - thanks to Chris, probs. Pours clear, red-brown with a fine, white foam head. Brown bread aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor, some leaves, more brown bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, still more brown bread, mellow leafy bitterness. Mediocre.

Bottle at ChrisO tasting 30/12/12. Almost clear dark amber brown with a thin off white head that mostly makes a break for the edge. Nose is malts, dark toffee, fruit and a little spice. Taste comprises much the same, dark fruit notes, a little spice, caramel/toffee. Medium bodied with soft carbonation lending towards a bitter finish. Drinkable, middle of the road, file under ............... W !

Bottle at Chriso’s tasting in London, 121230. Clear deep golden/amber beer with a small beige head. Malty nutty aroma, caramel, toffee, raisins, chocolate, roasted notes, a bit vinous. Malty hazelnut flavor, caramel, a bit harsh, hoppy, metallic, raisins, some spice notes.

Bottle. Brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malt, hop, grass. Flavour is caramel, malt, hop, grain, grass- Medium body. OK beer.

Pours a clear and brown beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is malt, caramel, tobacco and dried fruit. The flavor follows the nose with additional bitterness. The palate is bitterness with sweetness. Overall an average beer.

Hazy copper with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of toffee and dried fruit. Dryish malty flavour with toffee and prune

Bottle @ Odense Tasting, November 2012. Pours dark amber with a small creamy head. Lots of caramel and mild roast. Some citrus and grass. Smooth and dry.

’Brewery conditioned’ 500ml bottle: best before Mar 2013, poured @ home, into a Uk pint sleeve on 6th Nov 2012. Redwood coloured body, bright and clear: the head didn’t hang around long enough to let me see the colour, the thin collar however was white. The nose was both malty and fruity, as was the taste. Toasted/roasted malty molasses give the beer its semi-sweet flavour, the fruitiness and hop bitterness giving balance and depth to the overall feel. The beer had a treacle note throughout, this blended all the ingrediants and their traits together nicely and ensuring the malts ruled the flavours from start to finish.

Malty aroma with some fruit too. Flavour has nice malt character. Quite sweet overall with a metallic aftertaste.