Loddon Hullabaloo

Brewed by Loddon
Style: Bitter
Reading, England

Serve in English pint

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A Mes rate. Cask at Baker St ’Sporks.
Copper coloured with a creamy off white head. Juicy fruit aroma with some biscuity malt and a faint buttery hint. Thankfully I’m not getting any diacetyl in the flavour. Sadly I’m not getting much to shout about either. A rather dull best bitter with plenty of fruity malt and a slight lick of citrus but very little bitterness. Too much straw and metal in the finish. Boring.

Cask@The Allied Arms, Reading. Goldeny amber colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is bready and sweet maltyness along with wood, spruce and resiny notes. Flavour is fruity and floral with some resin and mild crisp and bready maltyness. Also some mild notes of cookies. Nice bitter floral finish.

Cask @ Allied Arms. Drinkable slightly sweet with some malt and a hint of vine fruits, slightly hoppy finish

Weak ale with only a hint of maltiness as its flavour. Also dry in the palate.

Cask by handpump at Counting House, Glasgow (14 Apr 12) - cleam amber ale with a thin off-white head, lightly hopped, caramel malt, temperature okay, low carbonation, bit oily

Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in September 2009. Cask, handpump dispense. Crystal clear tawny in colour with a thick creamy white head. Strong notes of sweet figs in the intense aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a digestive biscuit base laced with creamy butter. Juicy fruit notes of dark plums and sweet maple syrup are also present. Slight prickle of dusty hop resins fail to make an impact. Sweet malty finish with soft caramel notes long in the mouth. An excellent session bitter and my favourite from the portfolio.

Cask @ The Allied Arms. Pours clear amber with a small off white head. Aroma is malty, sweetish, fruity and hoppy. Flavor is a bit acidy, malty, fruity, a bit caramel and bitter. Finishes bitter.

Cask at Ascot Festival 2011. Pours a clear amber colour with a thin white head, plenty of malt and citrus in the aroma, the taste is malty and sweet with a dry finish.

Cask gravity @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with no head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Pint at the Gig House in Wokingham. Little but ok head on a muddy red beer. Tastes hoppy and bitter with a bit of malt. Lightly hoppy, mild aroma. Dry finish, bitter-sweet. This is reasonable, but a bit boring.

Cask at Windsor locale beer festival 2010. A copper coloured pour with slight off white head. Malty, hoppy aroma. Tastes malty, grassy, quite dry, fruity. Rather bland to be honest.