Ind Coope Burton Ale

[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2004] A hazy orange beer with a small white head. The aroam is sweet with primary notes of caramel, while the flavor is sweet malty with a hoppy bitter end.

(Cask)Really floral fruityness, sweet (and yes, jammy), with a medium bitter finish. Some nice caramelly malt. Pretty decent, tasted very fresh to me.

[Cask conditioned] A quite good brew even though it's a Carlsberg. It has a nice hoppy aroma and a mild hoppy flavour.

Cask (handpump) at the Roscoe Head, Liverpool, April 2008. Bit of a trip down memory lane in more ways than one. Firstly, Burton was one of the more regularly available cask beers back in the dark days, often sitting alongside Bass when they both came from the old brewery in Burton. Secondly, the Roscoe Head was where I did a lot of my drinking when I was at University in the mid 1970s. The Roscoe was widely recognised as selling the best pint in the city, although there wasn’t much opposition back then. Strangely, we went there to drink the Tetleys Bitter (although it was probably the Walkers Warrington brewed version back then) which, somewhat unbelievably, was regarded as nectar of the Gods in those days. Times change, and so has the Burton. It is tough to find nowadays and the sulphurous Burton nose seems to have gone. Nice amber colour with a creamy head. Fruity, with restrained bitterness and a smooth mouthfeel. Decent enough but not what it was.

1. Cask Handpump at the British Lion, Crewe 02/07/2001 Amber coloured smooth and fruity with a hoppy finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Lower ANgel, Warrington 31/07/2001 Golden and slightly sweet with a full hop finish.