Shepherd Neame Amber Ale (Cask)

Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Bitter
Faversham, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask at the Betsy Trotwood, 08/02/13. Clear amber brown with a thin beige bubbly head that retains well. Nose is caramel, light pine, hops. Taste comprises caramel malt, pine, hops, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, some bitterness in the finish. Having had a twiggy mess from the same brewer on my previous drink - I feared the worse! However ... this was a great beer, hopped up bitter meets ESB. Would happily seek this out again!

Hand pulled pint, Basildon Rugby Club, Basildon, Essex, UK. Clear amber colour with a large frothy head, lasting laciness, Mid-white head. Aroma is malty with caramel, medium heavy hoppy, citrus Seville orange to lime, meadow hay, dry hop. taste moderate to sweet and tart with a long bitter finish. Body is medium, texture is clinging, carbonation is negligible. A nice session pint, I could happily quaff this all night.

the colour of this Ale i thought was wonderful. Good taste to it. Good use of hops in the beer, which made it in all a good standard Ale.

Not usually keen on Shephard Neame beers, although I’ve drank many of them. This is excellent well hopped with a great aroma, reminds me a bit of Old Speckled Hen

Cask (handpump) @ Charlies Bar, Pilestraede 33, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Clear medium amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, fruity orange - lime, dry grass, dry hop flowers. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100319]

Cask at The Horniman At Hays, London. Its deep amber with a creamy off white head. Lovely hoppy aroma of grapefruit, peach, pine and caramel. The flavour is peachy, hoppy, citrus and pine. Very lingering and quaffable.

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has strong notes of hops, pink grapefruit, and orange peal, as well as medium notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of grapefruit, hops, caramel, butterscotch, and bread, leading to a bitter finish. The body is light.

Cask, Griffin, Carlisle. Think I may have caught a slightly tired example of this. Slightly flat, mid-brown beer, hints of caramel and antisceptic. Tangy on the back of the throat. Will re-rate if I see it again.

Cask handpull at Vernon Arms, Liverpool. Crazy, I come all the way from Kent where I can’t find it, to Liverpool, where I can. I almost missed the pump clip at the end of 6 handpulls and had to squint to see who the brewer was of this amber ale. Of course, once I saw what it was, I ended up drinking a pint and a half of it. Deep amber in colour, with a lasting cream head. It’s a decent amber with that rich slight roasted maple syrup pecan nut flavour which I like so much. Some Sheps yeast. Now almost obligatory hop all over it. Can’t believe it. They’re turning out good stuff. Great malts, really good hops on the finish, like earthy really fresh hop. Brilliant.

A Mes rate: Cask at the Falcon in Clapham.
Clean rich amber coloured with a thin bubbly off white head. Big grassy hops, great wooden character and some excellent earthy malt. Obviously a Shepherd Neame beer, their house character is so distinctive. Yet another jolly good brew from the Sheps micro kit.