Wells Bombardier (Pasteurised)

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

Dark amber, nice big white head. Aroma of fruit, toffe and some hops. Nutty and *fuggly" flavour with some spicy notes. watery and sour finish. Avarage again.

Cask (There is a big difference in this beer between the cask and bottle versions). The cask is a very good bitter, while I would never buy the bottle again. The cask is a nicely balanced beer between just enough fuggles hops to go with a hint of caramel.

Draught @ Brouwer’s Cafe pours dark amber, moderate off-white head, nice lacing, with light carbonation.   Soft malt nose, apple skin, and maybe even a bit of dark pitted fruit showing up.   Malty on the tongue, very mild dark pitted fruit, not much bite.   Twas a bit unexpected for a Premium Bitter.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Lingering malts and that ever so subtle dark pitted fruit.   Minor appleskin as well.   A bit heavier than what I was thinking, but still decent.

From Bedford England, a city well know for … eh… well … for being one of London’s dormitory towns comes a beer that is about as unexciting as the city it is brewed in. Clear bronze body, medium tan head with good lacing and good retention. Aroma is earthy, nutty, caramel, raisins. Taste is a letdown. Light taste is cake malt, some raisins and a touch of caramel, a bit nutty. The problem is the body. Very light body but not in a watery way. Actually light in a airy way, like drinking air. He beer has no attack, just a finish of roasted raisin bread with mild bitterness. 568ml imperial pint bottle.

Can. Hazy orangey brown with a huge offwhite head. Potent, grassy hop aroma. Grass hits the tongue to be followed by moderate toffee, still ending quite dry. Light-bodied. Thirst-quencher for the advanced.

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).

Draft at the Barking Dog. Two different pints, near the beginning and end of a keg. Dark brown with a sturdy medium-depth head on the early glass; the late-in-the-keg glass had some lacing but that was it. Creamy but still enormously refreshing on a hot day--that’s not something you can say very often. Plenty of carb. Sweet dark malt, toffee, molasses, some light earthy hop at the end. The late pint picked up some ground coffee (a la MJB) notes, not char or acid but that heavy dryness was a surprise.

Caramel aroma, plum colour, creamy toffee head. An especially sweet malt flavour, a little bitterness, hint of cherry too. Malty and mellow. A nice one.