Tom Wood’s Bomber County

Brewed by Tom Wood’s
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Barnetby, England

Serve in English pint

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On the cask in York. Deep brown, red highlights with a fading off-white head. Caramel upfront in the nose, with slight grapefruit and assorted citrus notes. Taste was predominantly sour, and slightly unpleasant, with a cloying acidic sweetness that came through slightly in grapefruit and dried fruit notes. Straw or grass hoppiness in the finish, but unrefined.

Cask handpump at the Crown, Charlton-on-Otmoor 25-11-06. Dark ruby in colour with a malty and dried fruit nose, malts dominate the flavour which is a touch sweet and little bit one dimensional, but nonetheless tasted good, and it was nice to see this in a GK pub.

[Cask at The Three Judges] Deep brown with a thin, persistant head. Nose of Toffee, caramel, glaed fruit, treacle, epachu, citric hops. Medium-full body ,sweet upfront, lots of fruit on the palate, dry finish with some nice bitterness.

Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Nutty lightly roasted malts with hints of sweet chocolate and a slightly dry earthy finish. Quite pleasant but perhaps overly light and not quite assertive enough.

Soapy white bubbles on a hazy orange pour. Fresh apricots, sweet apples, a little musk. Pleasant tartness, earthy, dried papaya, a solid brisk bitterness that lingers more in the front of the palate than in the throat. A nice farmy kind of ale. Unrefined, but with it’s own charm.

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Cask Handpump. Dark brown beer with frothy head. Caramel aroma. Well balanced dry, sweet, malty beer. Hoppy finish.

Cask@Lincoln Beer Festival 2006. Brown beer with a lightly caramel aroma and a light, watery and dry flavour. Overall a plain beer.

1. Cask Handpump at the Friar Penketh, Warrington (JDW) 11/08/2002 Mid to dark brown colour and slightly fruity. Lasting roast finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 25/04/2005 Mid brown colour fruity and malty. Slightly bitter dry roast finish.

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2007 Cask at the Three Tuns, Biddenham, Bedfordshire. Thinnish head, but it laced nicely. Dark brown colour. Aroma had warming malt and a distant sweetness. I thought this was a beautifully balanced beer, with a hint of pear sweetness and English-style, lingering bitterness.