The Botanist O.K. Bitter

Brewed by The Botanist
Style: Bitter
Richmond, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask, The Salmon, Leicester. Amber brown with an off white foam. Aromas are biscuit and toffee with spicy tea and floral notes. Melon with brown sugar. Flavours are dry tea with nutty notes and black tea. Sweet grain with toast and a light lemony finish. A decent bitter.

Cask at theBotanist, Kew Green - 28/02/13. Clear golden/amber with a thin off white head that clears to the edge and leaves a film. Nose is malt forward, grain, touch of hops, biscuit, dark fruits. Taste comprises dark malt, toffee, fruits, light background hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, smooth drinking, some bitterness in the finish. A decent flavoursome (best) bitter - veering towards and ESB in some aspects.

Cask (handpump) @ The Botanist Brewery and Kitchen, 3-5 Kew Green, Richmond, Greater London, England TW9 3AA.

Light unclear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty - earthy, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, earthy, nutty peel, caramel, tart fruit notes - strawberry alike. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120806]

Cask @ The Tea Clipper. The pour’s deep amber with a small head.The nose is brown bread, some grain, sweet cherry syrup. The taste is toasted brown bread, sweet caramel malt flavors. Hints of dried grass, brown sugar. Dry finish. A bit of tobacco. Medium body, smooth. Overall, fine, but not particularly graceful.

Handpull at The Botanist. Amberish gold with a smallish frothy offwhite head. Aroma is initially fairly diacetyl-forward, but it settles to a generic fruity grassy/herbal mix, no alcohol, not overly sweet. Taste has a bit more coating bitterness to it than I expected, bit still seems a bit twiggy and fruity, albeit green fruit (red currants?). Light body, a bit astringent, not much carbonation or finish to it. Okay indeed.

Cask@The Botanist, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is roses, sweet fruits, some strawberries and mild nutty and bready notes. Flavour is fruity, caramelly, nutty, floral and mildly wooden as well.

Cask at Windsor Locale beer festival 2012. An amber coloured pour with a small off white head on top. Fruity, malty aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, malty, slight caramel in there. It is O.K. I guess!

Cask at the brewpub, London. Pours clear auburn with a fine, white foam head. Big buttery toasted malt aroma with some toffee. Light sweet flavor with much less diacetyl coming through now, some nice and toasty caramel notes, slight whole grain bread. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Mild dry finish with more toasty caramel, faint butterscotch, faint toasty and leafy bitters. It’s a very nice bitter. Some people might get turned off by the mild butter notes, but a modest level of diacetyl is acceptable in a bitter like this.

Cask @ the brewpub. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak grainy aroma with waek hoppy hints. Fruity malty grainy caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty grainy hoppy finish.

UPDATED: OCT 11, 2011 Cask at the Botanist, brown with a fine lacy head and a bit of fruity malt on the nose, quite dry and bitter on the palate, with the slightly acrid bitterness lasting into the aftertaste. Re-rated on 11/10/11: chewy and a bit oaky on the palate, with nutty malty notes and a roasty hint, the bitter aftertaste is still there but more balanced and less acrid now. A nice best bitter.