Sheepscot Valley Boothbay Special Bitter Pale Ale

Brewed by Sheepscot Valley Brewing Company
Style: Bitter
Whitefield, Maine USA

Serve in English pint

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Pours a brassy reddish amber with a rather persistent head of fine foam. Rich fruity nose with notes of apple, pear and grape. Tart apple like taste but very well balanced. The tartness is balanced out with sweet and caramel notes atypical of a bitter. Tart and tangy finish.

on tap @brewery-pours a white head that bubbles and hazy amber color. Aroma is orange/pine hops. Taste is orange/pine hops. Mouth feel is a bit grainy. Medium body. OK carbonation. 3.6 *090507-Sheepscot Boothbay Bitter PA @Great Lost Bear Portland-on cask-pours an off white head that laces and hazy copper color. Aroma is citrus with some bitter/herbal hops. Taste is herbal hops bite, light/medium malt-light side of medium body. Right on style for a malty English Bitter. [Not sure about Special Bitter Pale Ale] Soft carbonation. 2.8

Cask Draught @ GLB 08’. Citrus and clean cut grass. Hop balance is well done. A bit thin in the mouth feel but the finish is decent. Good session beer is you are into bitters.

En fût, cask. Pinte dégustée chez Great Lost Bear (Portland, ME). Arôme: Odeur d’houblon floral avec une pointe de caramel. Apparence: Couleur blonde. Aucun col. Aucune bulle. Aucune dentelle. Saveur: Goût agrumes, de bananes et de clous de Girofle. Court arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. (Rating #1700)

Cask-Great Lost Bear. Hoppy aroma, lemon & floral taste, a bit thin. A nice drink but nothing remarkable

CASK

4/21/2008: Sheepscot Boothbay Bitter had a hazy amber/burnt orange appearance. The frothy off-white head left thick lacing on the glass. The aroma is hoppy (leafy and somewhat grassy) which seemed to be Cascade hops. The flavor ha a light butter toffee bitterness followed by a soft and citrusy Cascade (?) hop bitterness. The body of the beer was medium and it was soft on the palate. This is a good beer from the cask!

Pint (draught) at The Great Lost Beer in Portland, Maine. Rating #13 for this beer...

Drank from a cask @ Great lost bear in Portland, Maine. Poured a light brown with a small head. Nothing special in the mouth. Rather thin. Was my first cask condition ale. So I was not sure what to expect.

Growler from Florian’s in Auburn. Beautiful amber-red body with a thin film of off-white head. Citrus and piney hops dominate the aroma. The same citrus and pine hops dominate the flavor to a great degree with enough malt to help balance the hops in the beer, A true APA. A nice medium body with only moderate carbonation. A very drinkable, full flavored, pleasant ale. I’m impressed. Love to have something like this local.

Draft @ Great Lost Bear in Portland - Poured a clear brown in color with almost no head and very little carbonation. Aroma was faint of hops and some underlying malty sweetness. Flavor was of floral hops and was slightly sweet. Nicely bitter through to the finish. Thick palate. Very good.

UPDATED: MAY 20, 2008 On cask at The Great Lost Bear in Portland, ME:
Floral hops scent the well-rounded caramel maltiness in this authentic and balanced Bitter. Nothing stands out really, but when the cask is in fine form, this can be a satisfying pint for a session.