Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (Bottle)

A golden ale with a thick off white head. A light herbal caramel aroma, with light mineral notes. In mouth, a decent bitter with nice restrained British hops, a bit of caramel, some mineral notes, medium bodied. LCBO. BB 31/12/08.

Date: 16/2/09 Beer info: Bottled in clear 500ml bottle 4.7% abv bb 30/4/09 Sampling Notes: Served lightly chilled in glass. Pours a reasonably clean golden body with a couple of fingers of white foam that lazily cling to the glass. Muted aroma, some obvious hop sharpness cuts through, citric and grassy. Slightly skunky maltiness about it, corn-like cereal and stale bread. Lean body, moderate cask-like carbonation, slight creaminess somehow nulified by a hoppy zestiness which manifests itself as bitterness towards the finish. Not a great deal happening on the body, touch of skunky corny malt adding a touch of sweetness, citrusy hops cut through and are reasonably welcome. Finish is a drying, on the metallic side with a bready yeast flavour lingering. Not so great. Might have been skunked due to the clear bottle, hard to say. Seems somehow off to me.

Lots of floaters. Why ship this in a clear bottle? Fluffy white head and dark orange colour. Nice hops and balance. Sulphur on the nose.

(Bottle 50 cl) Ever so slightly hazy amber golden with an off-white head leaving laces. Lightly sweet caramel aroma with a whiff of nuts. Medium body, very soft mouthfeel. Malt and a little fruit with a subdued bitterness. Very drinkable and pleasant. 210908

No 584
Rated: 26.09.2008
Bottle transparent, 500 ml
Appearance: Pours clearer than Youngs Bitter but still with yeasty sediments floating in the body texture, pale golden - slightly wattery orangy colour but very pale, like watered down, very gentle saturation and carbonation and initially moderate head slowly decreasing to small, slightly off white, rather moderately firm with moderate lacing, frothy, quite nice lacing.
Aroma: Initially almost repulisvely skunky, practically Heineken Pale Lager like, suggesting dull and poor quality hops being spoiled by the usage of transparent bottle. When you sniff deeper, you can catch some citrusy notes, mainly lemon, lime, orange but very soft and violated by a strong skunk, gently chalky - alcoholic background almost in though an accent of a malt base. A failure considering its profile on Polish market with a refference to its quality as reffered to Polish lagers being four times cheaper and much better.
Flavour: Front is soft, light, kind of refreshing, gently sweet and just immeditely gently bitter from caramel toastyness and nic touch of gently - moderate bitter hoppyness. Refreshing in nose in its soft citrusy - lemon slightly herbal profile, still not much of it, not sophisticated, bready with accidity like from brewing cereal at finish. Finish duration is quite long.
Palate: Body is light, texture is wattery but even tilting towards creamyness, carbonation on palate is moderate, finish feel is highly astringent.

Bottle, 4.7%. Citric CO2 aroma. Clear dark golden colour. Lagery flavour, though OK rounded. Not as grainy as expected, and a little sweeter.

Bottle. Pours golden with a weak head. Aroma is slightly grassy, with citrus. This is very watery. I taste caramel, sweetness, water.

A Mes rate: bottle at Chris O’s Post GBBF Tasting.
Dirty golden brown with a thin white head. The fuggles and goldings are fairly clear as are some none too pleasant earthy notes. Pretty rough and minus points for a clear bottle.