Bass (Cask)
Anheuser-Busch InBev UK in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.98
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Brewed to 4.4% abv, Draught Bass is still brewed to an original recipe using only the finest ingredients and the experience of generations. It is brewed with two strains of yeast to produce a complex nutty, malty taste with subtle hop undertones, which has widespread appeal to repertoire drinkers.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at National Brewery Centre, Burton-on-Trent. Golden amber colour, off-white foam head and aroma of malt, toffee, caramel, earthy. Taste is malty, fruity, caramel, biscuit, with some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2022
at 19:16
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Express Tavern, Kew. An amber/brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Malty, caramel, nutty aroma and taste. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2020
at 18:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
By gravity at Olde Dolphin, Derby A classic beer that I’ve been drinking for years but never got around to rating before. Pours a mid-brown amber with a small white head. A distinctive nose of malts with some sulphur (matches). Malts again in the taste, together with some floral hops and a creamy texture. A bitter finish to round things off. A good solid swiggable beer.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2020
at 11:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Filling in a bit of a gap in my beer CV here; I have to admit I've never tried Bass before. I like the idea of drinking a beer with so much history (including the first trademark ever registered), but I was fully prepared to be underwhelmed by the beer itself. And it didn't disappoint in that regard. It's pale amber with a white head, and was served in reasonable condition. It's got a floral hop taste against a light caramel background. There's a mineral hint in the mildly bitter finish. It's just about ok, but a long way from being a classic. It is however, the beer most likely to win an award for the greatest number of old-timers telling you it's not a patch on what it used to be, you know.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2020
at 22:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale at Ancient Briton. A clear amber coloured body to a stable, low off-white head. Spotty lacing. Smell of caramel malts, dry. Biscuit flavours, moments of herbal hops. Mid-dry ending with a subdued bittersweet finish. Drinks very well. (Pen-y-Cae, Glamorgan 02.10.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2018
at 09:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fra cask på Ancient Briton, Pen y Cae. Mørk nøttebrun. Lavt luftig skum. Lett fruktaroma. Smaken litt plommer med malten diskret i bakgrunnen. Behagelig tørr ettersmak. Velbehandlet cask!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2018
at 12:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask half pint, as Bass Premium Ale, at The Peirson, St. Helier. Copper colour. Malty aroma with hints of caramel. The nutty flavour has fairly decent hops. Maybe not as great as I remember it from 1974, but still okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2018
at 09:27
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Lunchtime pints at Simpsons on Cornhill. It's always a bizarre place with overly familiar service, tables and benches made of old Lloyd's of London booths and quite high prices. And the beer is served way too cold for my liking. Anyway, I had two pints of draft Bass to wash down a mixed grill. This is a rare beer to find on draft and the first pint was nice, but the second had an odd flavour to it. Not enough to send it back, but quite metallic. This wasn't the best beer I have had and I much prefer the Bass from cans in the supermarket. The very large glass of port that we had with the stewed cheese at the end of lunch was however excellent. I love the City!
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2017
at 09:03
6/10
Tried
on 21 May 2016
at 14:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Cask & Barrel, Broughton St. Pours clear amber with a creamy white head. Paler than I thought it would be. Aromas of floral hops, light lemon and caramel. Taste has a mineral bite, sweet oat biscuits. Tangy bitter lemon finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2016
at 05:37