Itchen Valley Tea Clipper

Brewed by Itchen Valley
Style: Bitter
Alresford, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at Ascot Festival 2011. Pours a dark amber with a firm white head. The aroma is all floral hops, the taste is malty with carmel with a dry bitter finish.

Cask (Southampton Beer Festival 2010) - Copper coloured. Tea, malt and dried fruit feature in the aroma. Malty and fruity taste with hints of dried fruit, tea, nuts and caramel.

Cask @ Wenlock Arms, Clear amber with no head. Aroma has dusty hops and mild fruity notes. Moderate sweet flavor with caramel, floral hops and malty notes.

Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms. Some flowery hop, some malt. Bit bleachy acidic aroma. Bit harsh and thin.

Tasted by half-pint at the Magpie&Crown, Brentford, W. London. Served by a handpump. Appearance: translucent, dark amber hue, coming with a nice foamy head and low carbonation. Smell: like another Itchen Valley’s beer tasted immediately before this one ("Wykehams Glory"), the nose is full of aromatic floral hops, which falls behind a sweet peary fruitiness. Simple in composition, but very harmonious and pleasant. Taste: biscuity malts with a mildly caramely edge leads the palate, quickly ensued by a mildly citric, tangy taste of hops and more Fuggles-like bitterness in the end. Good structure. Palate: softly fizzy on the mouthfeel, light-bodied, refreshing... This bitter comes with a good flavour profile and enough hop presence to make it taste more interesting (besides being fresher and nicer in condition) than the Wykeham’s Glory tasted immediately beforehand, hence slightly higher in total score. Not bad~~