Shoes Norton Ale

Cask at the Three Horseshoes, brewpub at Norton Cannon, Herefordshire 04-04-08 This was my second visit here I’d been along one Christmas Eve about 4 years ago, it hasn’t really changed at all with many of the characters sat at the bar then still here again today. This beer poured mid amber with a small white head, some soft bitterness but I felt it to be too thin. Lacking in any hoppy bite and served like Loz’s and Grahams’s (Loz’s dad) in a 1970’s classic half pint tankard, mine was plain but Loz’s was M&B Brew X1, Graham’s was Double Diamond. Serving this beer in these tankards seemed right, it sort of had that 1970’s style of beer taste, it’s ok but whilst other beers have moved on this like the pub was quaint and seemed to hark back to yesteryear. My sample was 3.9%

Cask Handpump at the Beer House, Manchester 19/06/2001 Mid brown coloured with a fruity aroma. Slightly dry finish.

This was billed as a green hop beer, so I don’t know whether it differs markedly from the normal version. Mid copper colour. Restrained hoppy aroma. The flavour is very dry, very hoppy and very bitter. In my view, very nice, if a little austere for some tastes. Cask (handpump) at the Three Horseshoes brewpub, Norton Cannon, Herefordshire.