Wells Bombardier (Pasteurised)

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

Poured a clear dark ruby color with a thin short lived head. The aroma is of toasted sweet bread, herbs, and root vegtables. Flavor has a strong toasted bread caracter with some light caramel. A strong vegetal flavor like root vegtables boiled until almost flavorless. Also an unappealing grassy hops flavor in the finish is quite strong and unfortunately very long lasting.

Bursting with flavour. Good colour. Very smooth. Unlike cheap beers, the other its out the less bitter it becomes. Tall head. As their website says, Only national bottled premium ale brand that comes in a full 1 pint (568ml) bottle.

Deep amber/brown with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and lightly hopped. Flavor is slightly sweet and malty. Bitter finish brings nice balance. Very nice, typical english bitter.

Dark ruby-tinged carmel with a half-hearted attempt at a layer of course white. Oddly, after a second pour, still not much head, but the little bit that’s there seems rather tenacious. I started this beer a bit on the cold side, and it smelled and tasted downright unpleasant. With some warming, it certainly improves, at least to the point where I’m not making faces after each sip. Sort of a rough earthy carmel aroma. Vegetal, dark bread flavors. As much as some low abv bitters seem to have more flavor than they gravity would indicate, this beer has less. Flabby. Bah.

Two 500ml cans at Balmbra’s place in Bodø. Dark brown body. Sustaining tan head. Blended aroma of brown and black malts. Sharp caramel flavour. The finish contains burnt malt and a nice hint of bitterness (11.08.2006).

Ahhh.....the Bombadier. Todd at Mt. Washington Beer Stand gave me a great deal on this brew becasue they weren’t moving a whole lot of Bombardier. Really good becasue I was really thirsty - I wasn’t working real hard on this one. Interesting color - dark murky brown faded into a bright copper red on bottom. Not a lot of aroma....not a lot of taste....but pleasant. Nothing special.. but nothing bad, much like most British beers I’ve tried. I drink it again if I can get it for free.

Wells Bombardier 16 oz bottle Unknown bottling, expiration date 09/06, swallowed 08/06 Medium pour in an English pint. Poured an intriguing clear ruby brown with an average slightly off white mostly diminishing head. Smelt of dark bread. Taste was sweet malty, almost corny upfront, with combination of sweet malt and hoppy body and good average lasting finish. Body was medium light, dry and fizzy, which held back some of the flavors. Overall, an above average English bitter.

Earthy rootlike aromas. The peat like malt dominates any would be appearance by the hops. The malt smacks of roots and is devoid of any sweetness. Dissapointing.