Wells Bombardier (Pasteurised)

Smells like a beer...lager-like....a fluffy head that you could dive into and spend hours reaching the ruddy brown depths below....very slight bitterness, lots of malt, yet thin..a decent balance, an essential beer taste more than anything exotic, not sure why I was even expecting more, maybe the playful shape of the bottle?..also a hint of caramel in the finish, a bit watery but decent, very kewl metal backed label as well

Gentle, laid-back in the glass, delicate aroma, delicate bittering: fantastic session material quite heavy on the flavor.

You gotta love the name of this brew. Aroma is slight roast and bready beer yeast. Color is darker, somewhat like an american dark lager. Appearance is clear, not hazy. At first there is a medium bitter alky impact that imparts an american malt liquor palate. Eventually that morphs into a more acceptable strongish beer flavor. Goes from slightly offensive to farely well behaved during the session. Good creamy carbonation. Some hidden tartness but not fruity by any means. Finish has medium mild alky bite but for the most part it is a well mannered brew. Alky linger once the session is complete.

Uniformly caramel brown and clear with an active head. One of the best labels in history! Lots of nutty malt on the nose with an underpinning of chocolate and spicy hops. Full-flavored, but smooth and gentle on the palate. Good hop character, spicy with a faint grapefruit citrus suggestion. A bit of ginger. Chocolate on the deep end of the finish. A nice, easy bitter to drink. Quaffable.

Pours a beautiful shade of burnt caramel / deep amber. Aroma of sweet caramel malts. The flavour is almost syrupy sweet and medium bodied. Watermelon is also curiously present. A slight bitter finish which is nonetheless dominated by the sweet caramel malts. Slightly dry. Not bad -- good take on a bitter. Easy drinking.

A nice sweet caramel malt aroma. This is a pleasant beer. A little dryness, graininess and sweetness. Not overbearing in any way, just a tasty beer that hit the spot.

Pours darker than I had expected. Brown but red when held to the light. Malty nose. Raisiny body with good character and fine finish. Balanced, blissfully enjoyable and quaffable.

The beer came in a sturdy looking 500 ml. Bottle, and I chose to warm it up close to cask temperature before opening it. The beer looked very good in the pint glass, as the copper colored body was absolutely clear, and the head atop was nearly two finger thick and sticky. I know my bottle was fresh, because the store owner had cut open a newly arrive case and handed it to me, but I did not realize how fresh until the hoppy aroma hit my nose. Quite a bit more aromatic than most other English bitters I’ve sampled so far. The earthy pungent hop smell was quite detectable, even at an arm’s length. The taste was where the Englishness of the beer started to make itself known. The bitter-spicy, mineralized, dry, and musty taste was typical handiwork of an English yeast strain. Not much citric brightness was seen here, like that typical in the American interpretations of the style. The mouthfeel disappointed me a little, as it was tinny and marred by an almost metallic aftertaste. Not as good as Fuller’s version from what I recall, but it’s been a while.