Woods Hopping Mad

Brewed by Woods
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Craven Arms, England

Serve in English pint

50 cl bottle @ chriso.
Rated on 20110722.
Pours clear orange color with light head. Aroma of sweet malts and raisins, light fruits. Flavor of sweet fruits and raisins with mild malts. Balanced.
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Bottled (Beers Of Europe). Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden and mild nutty notes with some slight sweet notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, some herbs and mild grassy bitterness as well. Balanced.

Bottle from Tesco. Earthy bitter with grassy hops. It’s OK but nothing to write home about.

Almost stock lager color, but just mildly red so not realy. Smell give a bit if yeast and some grassy hops. First tastes is quite good. A little sour, some what bitter very brittish. Not super extra ordinary, but a well made ale indeed.

500ml bottle. Pours light golden with a small head. Aroma is caramel malt and lemon. Some lemon and malt to start, with a tart bitter finish. Could be a bit fuller in the mouth.

Hazy amber body. Watery texture, light in character - light bittery hops and malt. Soft bittery long aftertaste. Aroma is fruity, caramely, hay, bread/cereal, liquorice. Soft carbonation. I wouldn’t call it Hopping mad because it doesn’t reflect the beer’s character.

Bottle: Small white foamy head. Smell is a mix of hops, honey and sweets. Amberorange color. Taste is good balanced mix of hops (bitter) and honey. Bit sweet taste turns into a dry aftertaste.

Bottle 50 cl from The marches Little Beer Shoppe in Ludlow (Shropsh). Color beautiful amber with a small collar of white foam, average crackling. The aroma is soft and fruity, touches of toffy, peach and apple. Bitterness is moderate, the body a little thin for a heavy bitter. To the taste, it is sweetness and honey, earthy and floral keys. End sharper dry, resin and more sour.