Doom Bar (Bottle)
(Batch of Doom Bar)

[500ml bottle, gift from Lesley - cheers!] Pours a reddish-amber with a swiftly vanishing off-white head and a fair amount of fizz. Toffee from the off, with rather a lot of butter, and then some nice oaky, woody notes. There’s a little twist of lemon and a touch of earthy bitterness in the finish.. Unfortunately there’s the metallic hint of pasteurisation hanging over it, which is a shame - this could be a decent beer if bottle conditioned.

Light brown colour. Quite a fresh fruity aroma. Well balanced, quite malty and has a light sweetness. Very nice, smooth mouthfeel. Great session bitter.

From Jan 2009: Compared to its slightly weaker cask version this is a whole lot better in my eyes. Clear 500ml bottle with a long life left, I poured it into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ pint vase. The body was a clear, bright amber. On top sat a good off-white foaming head, this stayed for a good while before fading away leaving lacing on the glass. Mild toffee aromas hit my nose, followed by a more normal (for UK Bitters) hop and malt smell. As the beer warmed it got sweeter but it started out with a bitter hop flavour which I enjoyed. Throughout it had a dry aftertatse. Couldn’t call it full bodied, but it was no lightweight either. A long way from a great Bitter but overall about average for a bottled one.

Bottle @ home, shared by Joes. Clear amber color, small beige head. Smell malts, butter, soft caramellic toffee. Taste malts, lightly bitter. Watery texture, low to medium carbo, low body.

A lightly hazed amber ale with a thick mocha head. In aroma, a grassy and fruity ester, musty and nutty, surrenated hops. In mouth, an oxidized sweet malt with light acid notes, BB June 2010. Tasted with Probstk.

500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is citrus hops with caramel malt underneath. Bready malt. Orange bready malt finish. Better from cask.

Clear bottle, 500, best before JAN 11, savoured on September 10 2010; eye: copper with a golden hue, clear, no effervescence, really tiny ring of off-white head, no lacing; nose: malt, grain; mouth: malt, grain, a bit of caramel, finale in grain with slight hops, medium body, below-average carbonation, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, grainy texture, thin; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, 500 ml, meilleure avant JAN 11, savourée le 10 septembre 2010; œil : cuivrée avec une teinte dorée, claire, pas d’effervescence, très petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : malt, grain; bouche :malt, grain, un peu de caramel, finale en gain avec un très léger houblon, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, texture granuleuse, mince; en résumé : correct

Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Finally got my hands on this, so I stop buying this as cask version, from not remembering which I have had... Amber olour with mediumsized foamy slightly off-white head, that leaves some lae. Aroma is caramel malts, some mild toasted notes, mild nuttyness as well as some wooden and fruity notes. Flavour is quite similar, but the wooden notes are more evident.

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber color with a large, frothy to creaamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, fruity - orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity and peppery. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091231]