Wye Valley Brew 69

Brewed by Wye Valley
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bromyard, England

Serve in English pint

Cask (?, Helsinki)
6 sweet fruity aroma, something odd too.
3 Mid orange. Massively fruity retronasals, peach
7 Simple refreshing bitter, packed full of fruity and bitter hops, and lighly roasted malts in good balance
4 Bready finish, and lovely bitter finish
14 All round solid bitter, so drinkable, no hint of 5.6

(Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki) Poured golden and clear with medium sized, long lasting and white head. Aroma contained grassy and resiny hops. Palate was medium bodied and dry with low carbonation. Flavours were hops, malts, fruitines, sweetness, grass and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter.

Cask Real Ale at Angleterre. Lasting pale head (7mm). Clear golden colour. Fullfilled soft malty slightly sweet taste. At the end hoppy bite. Average hoppiness.

On gravity at the Portcullis, Bristol 11/12/08. Deep amber with next to no head. Aroma of floral hops, caramel and oranges. Fruity, sweet flavour with plenty of jamminess, citrus hops and a decent dry finish. Alcohol was extremely well hidden. Good stuff.

Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Hazed gold with white head. Big golden dry bitter, heavy on flowery, perfumed hops with a background dryish malt. Fruity with a peachy and lychees note, quite challenging to the palate, a pint was enough, for me anyway. Good interesting beer from Wye Valley.

Cask Stillage at the RUFC, Bromsgrove 16/07/2005 Golden amber coloured with some floral and hop aromas. Crisp lasting malt finish.

[cask conditioned] Rather hoppy aroma. Mild and smooth. Some bitterness in finish. Orange colour with a red shine. A bit cheasy aftertaste.

[Cask conditoned] Amber coloured. Loads of aroma hops. Fruity and slightly bitter.