Newmans Last Lion of Britain

Newmans
Brewed at Celt Experience
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Caerphilly, Wales

Serve in English pint

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Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading. Bronze with a dense cream head; aroma of sour grain and herbal hops; oily in the mouth, with a complex combination of apricot fruit sweetness and roasted malt dryness; the finish is dry and warming in an Old Ale style. Very drinkable and moreish.

Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms. Copper/pale chestnut colour. Thin beige head. Herby hop, nice juicy and slightly dry malt. Good malts, really like it, between juicy and dry malts with nice fruit.

A Mes rate: Gravicask at the White Horse in Hedgerley.
Dark brown colour. A little bland but there is some pleasant fruity malt with a decent earthy finish with a tiny hint of hop. Drinkable and tasty.

33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small white head. Aroma is roasted malty and caramelish. Breadish and dark malty. Bitter, dark roasted and malty flavoured. Breadish and roasted finish.

Thanks to TorbenH. Colour is brown and hazy, head is off-white, medium lasting. Aroma has faint notes of port-wine, white. Perhaps apples too. Flavor is moderate sweet, notes of whiskey, only faint. Soft texture, light watery.

Cask (handpump) at the Wenlock Arms, April 2008. I thought this lot were supposed to be rebranding as Celt Experience, following the move of the brewery from Somerset to Wales, but it would seem that beers under the Newmans badge are still appearing. I guess if they are going to continue with some of the beers, that makes sense as, having a range based on extinct animals from Somerset doesn’t really fit in with a Celtic/Welsh theme. As for the beer. Reddish copper colour. Fairly malty aroma. Slightly smoky. Fruity elements in the flavour. Smooth mouthfeel. A pretty decent drop.

Bottle at home. Clear coper color witj a stable white head, nice lacings. Aroma medium malty (caramel) and hoppy. Flavor medium sweet and bitter, long lasting, fine balance. Medium body.

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a clear amber with a rough off-white head. Sweet caramel and fruit in the nose. Medium body, sweet caramel, fruit and a little roast. No real bitterness. 160411

Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 23/6/08. Pale chestnut coloured with a moderate, off-white head. Aroma of barley sugar, red fruits and grassy hops. Flavour had a sweet, slightly syrupy edge with crystallised fruit and a decent bitter finish. Enjoyable - good to see Newmans’ beers have held up after the move to Wales.

Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Bronze with an off-white foam. Aromas are toffee and weetabix malts with some toasted notes. Raisins and bready yeast with pear and citrus. Flavours are sweet malts with dried autumn fruits. Dry with earthy hops and a fruity, lightly bitter finish. Decent.