South Hams Eddystone

Brewed by South Hams
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Kingsbridge, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask, handpump @ The Powder Monkey, Exmouth, Devon.
Produces up a yellow gold and just off bright with a persistent, compact white crown that manages good legs. Nose has hints of sour citrus like lime and lemon peel, a touch of sweet fruit flesh, and a good lot of wheat like notes and barnyard grain. Juicy and tangy ripe citrus fruit in the mouth, a little pineapple mixed with notes of pinewood. The backend is all nettles, raw, bitter hop flowers and quenching citric esters. The body light and a little residual carbonation gives it bounce. A good base of pale malt flavour keeps the fruit notes level. It gets better as the pint empties. This is a great bitter with all the hallmarks of a Golden ale. Nicely done, solid session material!

Cask @ Troon Beer Festival. Flowery resin malt aroma. Rich golden amber colour. Sour resin citrus flavour. Bitter aftertaste. Not great.

Cask @ 12th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, Troon 2011. Clear golden colour, off-white head. Nose is light malted, fruity, citrus. Flavour is light malty, sour lemonade. Slightly sweet finish.

Cask at GBBF 2010. A hazy golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops and lighter notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of caramel and hops.

Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, ginger notes ! Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100805]

Cask @ GBBF 2010. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy floral aroma with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty citrus flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus finish.

Cask, GBBF 2010. Weak IPA even by UK standards, though it has a decent hop bill. Some caramel malt, but it’s edgy. Drinkable if not memorable.

cask at GBBF 2010 ... golden yellow ... dry lemon hop nose ... dull soft lemon ... light fruit hop.

Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some earthy and floral notes as well. Flavour is earth, bready malts, some fruity and floral hops along with a rather grassy finish.

From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white and lacing head. Aroma is fruity, mild citrusy and malty. Sweet caramelish malt flavoured with a mild bitterness coming through. Light fruity into the far finish.