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Brewed by RCH
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Weston-super-Mare, England

Serve in English pint

Tasted 14/03/2009. 500ml bottle courtesy of BozoNZ. Rich golden liquid with a very slight yeast haze. Good head. Floral, minerally, zesty nose with a nice subdued malt weight underpinning it all. Big lemony herbal hop flavour through the mouth, jelly fruit, with a solid and smooth bitterness and a great Burton liquour character holding it together. Malt carries the great water, yeast and hop character in this beer but there isn’t anything anorexic about it... on the contrary, it’s glorious. Reminds me of Burton Bridge Empire Ale crossed with Moa Original - two of my favourite beers over the last year or two. There’s more to Weston-super-Mare than pasty limeys, Roald Dahl and John Cleese.

Bottle conditioned. Faintly hazy amber, good white lasting head and good natural condition. Excellent chalky hoppy aromas laced with a fruity citrus edge that veers towards raspberry and gains a slight nuttiness as it warms. Big juice hop flavours in the mouth with a low background caramel note. Dry and chalky finish with a good lingering hop bitterness. A well crafted and satisfying beer.

Casked. Golden colour, creamy mediumsized white head. Sweet fruitish aroma. Caramellish and fruity, very pleasant flavour. A bit hoppy finish. Dry and a bit sticky palate.

UPDATED: DEC 18, 2010 (Bottle conditioned) looks cool , like a dirty submarine ... deep strawberry blond, with bits of sediment swimming around , lively creamy head . A beer that is glowing in the glass. some triopical fruit hops and bready malt in the nose. flavours show sweet toffee malts and earthiness -from the sediment , almost soapy , with a gin and tonic fruity like dry aromatic hoppiness .spicy vibrant bitterness. Very drinkable and pleasant

(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 16 Dec 2007) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of orange, grapefruit and earthy hops. Fruity taste with orange peel, grapefruit and generous doses of earthy hops in the finish. Nicely balanced beer with a lovely hop character.

[Cask at Stockholm Beer Festival 2003] The aroma is sweet oranges combined with hops - very fresh. The color is a clear orange and it has a bubbly head. The flavor is sweet and hoppy with notes of oranges. It has a hoppy, bitter, and dry end. A lovely bitter.

Orange body. Orange, hoppy, resinous aroma. Nice balance with mellow fruitiness - Grapefruits and pears. Excellent hoppiness. Smooth and full bodied. Yeasty in the finish. Very drinkable. Nice bitter.

Bottle. Cloudy/murky amber colour with a creamy white head. Aroma is sweet malts and hops. Fruity, malty, hoppy, caramel, nutty and sweet flavours. Quite carbonated but with a nice mouthfeel. Pretty good really.