Wells Bombardier (Pasteurised)

Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bedford, England

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Sticky sweet aroma. Clear amber with a frothy disipitating head. Strong thick hoppy tasting ale. The beer has body, nice bitter after taste.

500 ml can. Red colour, enormous rocky and creamy head. The aroma is of malt with a light citrusy note. Medium bitterness, balnce between malt and hops, and a metallic feeling, surely for the can. Not outstanding, but a nice ale, easy to drink and refreshing. English ales are always nice to drink.

Can. Dark amber colour with a small off white head. Aroma and flavour of fruit, amlt and hops.

500ml can. (30 NOK) Nice color and head retention. Aroma strong. Hops prevalent and pleasant bitter finish.

568ml bottle, 5.2% a/v Pours darker then expected, a very deep nutty brown colour. The head is also brown,, with some fine lacing on the bottle. The smell is caramel, citrus and a nice hop kick. The taste consisting of much the same. The crisp hop finish is fantastic and this beer goes down well. Something to drink with the lads.

Poured a dark amber-red with a silky but small head. Once the sour carbon flavour dissipated, aromas of caramel and amber malt, and some faint hops. Taste very difficult to pin down: fruity, almost red-delicious apple-like taste, probably the hops. Pale malt very present, but it must get its colour from some other malting, but it’s hard to taste. Perhaps a bit of amber? Carbonation a bit strong - sort of a gassy beer. Pleasant malt aftertaste lingers a nice long while. Overall, very drinkable, probably will buy again, if only to identify the more mysterious flavours. Not a favourite, but intriguing all the same.

Bottle. Clear copper color with a off-white head. Aroma is weak, but fruity and malty with some hops. Fruity, citrus like flavor with malt and some caramel. Thin body but it’s hop-dominated, lightly dry finish.