3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in Gabriels, Paisley in August 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin creamy white head. Light dusty hop flowers in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a rich digestive biscuit flavour laced with light roast notes and smooth caramel. Short bitter resins give a dry floral aftertaste. Finish is malty with tart redcurrant fruit notes. An ok session bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Drinkable English bitter, clear amber body with short head, toffee notes on the aroma, mainly crystal malt in the taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A friend of mine once described this beer as, "Lovely stuff". Admittedly that was the cask version and I’ve got the bottle but hey, it’s not bad. Dark caramel brown colour. Smells earthy and musty. Good well rounded mellow very drinkable body. Nice hints of marsh mellow and caramel with a soft bitter finish. Yeah, I could do a session on this. Lovely stuff!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at red lion, betchworth. Pours copper brown with a white foam head. Malt and hop well balanced. Earthy feel, very good for a best bitter.
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Waitrose. Pours an amber colour with a fair beige head. Aroma of caramel, alcohol, yeast and grassy hops. Similar flavours with caramel, grassy hops, alcohol and quite a dry finish. Moderate carbonation and light CO2 prickle. Better than I remembered.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle. From King’s Lynn, England.
Clear amber colour with small off-white head.
Caramel malt, floral hops, mild wood and sweet fruitiness in delicious aroma.
Mild floral bitter hops, mild fruitiness, dry woody malt and fruity tea notes in flavour. Flavour isn’t as pleasant as the aroma is but I think this is eligible English Bitter.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
"Traditional English Ale". Tried this beer a few times but never been much of a fan. Mid-brown with balanced malt and hops but I’ve never been keen on the taste or smell of fuggles. Bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint at Anchor Bleu, Bosham. Pours orange/copper, with thin white head. Nose is sweet toffee malt, with light delicate floral notes from the hops. Taste is fantastic. Backbone of caramel malt, floral and fruity hops, but underlying it is a taste of tea. Very unusual and bloody great. Enhances a bitter with a more complex flavour.
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