Wells Bombardier Burning Gold (Bottle)

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Bitter
Bedford, England

Nov, 2007Pint bottle from Asda. Typical pasteurised flavour of a British bottled ale. Light, creamy caramel notes which are quite pleasant. It’s a gold colour, but it’s a fairly standard bitter with none of the features of a blond ale (no wheat, no American hops, no lager hops, no lean lager character). It’s a golden bitter. It’s sort of biscuity and gentley sweet and quite pleasant, with a modest hop note. It’s not a great beer, but it’s not terrible either. [2.5]
Jan, 2008 Delicate beers (which are not always "weak" beers) don’t do well with pasteurising. The boiled sweets flavour comes through, and the hops have the fragrance knocked off them so they simply become blunt and bitter. The aroma is boiled sweets, oak chips and -as maeib says - vomit. It’s a flat, lifeless beer of no interest whatsoever, and so many flaws and off flavours you wonder what the intention was. I suspect that Wells & Youngs are trying to get in on the interest in Golden beers, but haven’t quite understood it’s not just about the colour. [2.3]

Deep amber colour. Fresh hoppy aroma. Great balance of fresh hops and malt makes this a clean and easy to drink beer with a sharp edge on the finish.

Bottle. Uh... rank stench of skunk and ass. Some pale UK malt aroma. Quite bland with a light spiciness. Could be worse, first by getting rid of these damn clear bottles.

Pint bottle. A golden beer with a thin whitish head. Fresh citric hop aroma. Quite a bland sense of a malt taste with marginal hop flavours accompanying it. Thin and uninspiring; my least favourite Bombardier.

(Bottled) Clear amber and very carbonated. In the nose, there is caramel, malt and a hint of yeast. Slightly watery, but not too bad. Bitter. In the mouth: sweet honey with citrus and roasted malts.

Bottle. Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy, excellent lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. (Citrus bitter). Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle from Sainsbury’s. Pours a golden with a soon to go fluffy white head. Sweetness on the nose which gives way easily to a pretty flat and only very slightly citrus flavour. Pretty unimpressive brew actually

1 pint bottle. Hoppy aroma, pours a deep golden colour. Taste is reasonably hoppy and the aftertaste is sweet. Not really impressive and described by my dirinking companion (tashi) as like "Fizzy Youngs Ordinary".