Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (Bottle)

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Bitter
Bedford, England

500 ml bottle - pours a straw-like gold with an egg-white head. Aroma of.....weirdly enough....dry dog food? But, weirdly again, not all that bad. In there too is some sawdust, musty hops and a good amount of sweet biscuity malt. Flavour slightly metallic and SLIGHTLY skunked, but not horrible - the clear glass is ill-advised as usual. Twiggy, earthy hops, slightly slick mouthfeel. OK, not great, and doesn’t do ANY justice to the poem which it attempts to honour. Much better bitters available. Not bad, but still.....pass.

500 ml bottle from the LCBO- Pours a transparent orange with a fizzy eggshell head. The nose is certainly skunked and hints at caramel, bread crust and faint hops. The flavour profile is mild grassy hops with caramel malts that are quite faded. Dry, spritzy finish with slight bitterness. Just ok.

500ml bottle from the LCBO. w00t another English bitter/ESB available at the LCBO! *rolls eyes*. I could smell funky skunk the moment it opened, although it’s tolerable, but really dominates the aroma. Flavour is quite the same, very dry upfront and in the finish, I can tell there’s plenty of hops in here but maybe they’d be easier to enjoy had they refrained from putting this one in CLEAR F***ING BOTTLES. Brewers, please, stop doing that, it really ruins the beer. This one is OK, but it would be WAY better from a brown bottle or on tap. I can’t even find much malt activity I’m so lost in the skunk and dryness. Weird unpleasantness too in the malt body.

Clean golden colour with nice white to off white head. Aroma is malt and hop not too strong but there. Flavour is mellow and grainy. Nothing to fantastic but it is definitely something that you could sit down with and enjoy as a great tasting beer that you don’t have to think about.

nice golden pour, aroma is english hops, and some sweet malt. The hops are quite subdued for what i like in a bitter, to me they should be more pronounced. Flavour is slightly hoppy, and quite grassy. Overall a pretty dumbed doown bitter, not bad, but not great.

Very grassy aroma and a lovely golden colour. Not all that bitter, but a nice mix of hops and malt. A touch sweet, but not overpowering. Very easy to drink.

50cl bottle, Toronto. Gold colour, some hoppy aroma, mildly carbonated with a grassy flavor and aftertaste. Very easy drinking but nothing exceptional.

500 mL bottle. (bb 31/12/08). Lovely copper-orange colour. A nice foamy head gradually recedes to a thick film. A mild aroma of citrus and fresh hay. Not a lot to the taste. Some nice British hops, but almost no malt character!?! Medium to low carbonation and body. Disappointing.