Thwaites Liberation Ale (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Thwaites
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Blackburn, England

Serve in English pint

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Deep amber colour with a small off white head. Malty, light caramel and fruity sweet aroma with a vague hoppy pine note. Malty fruity flavor with a hoppy dry finish.

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Hint of roast and hops in aroma. Hazy chestnut amber, tanned stable creamy head. Citric hops, light roast - bitter dry finish.

Bottle@ProeflokaalDelft. Aroma of wet dogs, grass and herbs. Brown color, beige head, good lace. Sweet, bitter, herbal, malts, burnt sugar, medium body.

UPDATED: NOV 1, 2007 Aug, 2004 Pasteurised and artifically carbonated bitter. Really tastes of the pasteurisation - rusty metallic caramel. Screaming metal! This is the sort of keg beer that CAMRA was formed to get rid of. The absolute pits. Undrinkable. Whatever made them think they could get away with producing such shite! Ah - I see, it’s a charity beer, so they don’t give a damn anyway. I can’t be arsed to give this fucking abomination any marks at all. [0.5]
Aug, 2006 Chocolate and metallic notes in a crystal malt ale. Not too sweet. Not too hoppy. Overcarbonated, but that’s settled by a good swirl and a long rest. The messy and artificial flavours are more difficult to deal with. It’s actually drinkable, and almost quite nice. [1.8]
Nov, 2007 500ml bottle from Morrisons. Malty premium bitter. I drank most of tghis without paying much attention. It’s a fairly typical pasteurised botttled premium bitter from one of the British regional breweries. There are few surprises., though this is maltier than most, with some chocolate notes. It’s fairly sweet, but has a rasping hop bitterness in the finish. It’s either improved over the past couple of years, or I have been very harsh in the past. [2.6]

Grassy, herbal hops and caramel malt character balance well in the aroma with some notes of citrus and earth. Clear, deep copper coloured body is topped by an immense white head that laces beautifully. Fruity esters and caramel malt character are the stars of the flavour profile with very mild bitterness and some herbal and floral hop flavours. Medium light body with lively carbonation that is engaging on the tongue and cheeks. Shaker glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle (Feniton Spar, May-06).

Bottled. Brown beer with a light head. The aroma is hopped and caramel and the flavour is nicely dry and caramel. Overall a nice dry beer.

Good old Budgens are still selling this stuff in May, 2005. I quite liked it. Unmistakable citrus in the aroma and a pleasant, unremarkable malty taste. A bit too much carbonation, but good hops at the finish.

500ml bottle from Morrisons.Golden brown with a thick cream head; aroma of stewed fruit and malt; delicate malty caramel flavour to start but then with a burnt sugar bitterness before the hops kick in for a biscuity dry finish.

Bottle from local off-licence. Clear brown-reddish colour, off-white head. Nose is soft malted, bit of caramel and fruits. Flavour is soft malty, caramel, bit of toffee. Slightly dry finish.

Bottle, from Rhythm & Booze, Brigg. Copper, thin but lasting white head and gentle condition. Low caramel and fruity hop in the nose with a faint chalkiness, gentle sweet toffee notes in the mouth with a vaguely perfumed hoppiness and a hint of Parma violets. Gentle caramel sweetness in the finish.