Howe Sound Brewing Bailout Bitter

Bailout Bitter

 

Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.15
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 7
A hoppy golden ale with recession-fighting properties and brewed with 100% barley, hops, water and yeast. It is a bitter ale for bitter times.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

1L swingtop from Malt & Vine. Pours hazy amber gold with a foamy white head. Light aromas of floral and fruit. Med body. Frothy carb. Flavor is floral, light stone fruit, touch of citrus, light malt, and something that makes me think of matches. Guess the main thing is the hop and malt, which is always followed by a herbiness til the next mouthful. It’s quite dry, certainly bitter. I’d say they nailed the style. If I’m being a bit harsh, I think it’s because I keep thinking ESB, which it isn’t. Nice shot at a bit of over the pond.

Tried on 08 Apr 2011 at 18:33


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours with a clear golden body and a large white head. Head lasts for a while and produces pretty decent lace. Aromas are grassy with notes of toasted bread, doughy bread, pepper, tangerine and a light hint of dried fruits. Flavors are grainy, bready and grassy. Possibly a hint of diacetyl buttery-ness. Decently bitter finishing with notes of dried tangerine. Medium to lively carbonation. Medium dry finish. Crisp and bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2010 at 13:25


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy amber. Thin head. Balanced character. Light caramel and earth. Vague all round. Moderate bitterness. Very middle of the road character, just not that interesting.

Tried on 17 Mar 2010 at 16:11


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pours golden with a frothy head. Bitter malts on the aroma and flavour, more on the hoppy side. Not bad.

Tried on 13 Feb 2010 at 19:20


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried this one over a year back from a bottle bought from a BC liquor store. Had a nice sweet taste, some unique elements in the flavour, was okay, taste was a little artificial to be a bitter though. I think the name is the main driver behind buying a bottle!

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2009 at 12:41


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

@Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-1Liter bottle–pours a dissipating white head and yellow color. Aroma is sweet light malt, herbal. Taste is sweet light malt, herbal. Light/medium body. Thanks JoeMcPhee for sharing.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2009 at 19:53


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5

Tap at Moonrakers: The first sip delivers a massive unclean dirty line taste. I don’t get this often at Moonrakers, so it must be the beer. Hazy gold, stark white head. Neutral nose. The unclean taste aside, this is a well hopped beer, but lacks malt backbone. Not something I will have again.

Tried from Draft on 08 Jan 2009 at 20:27