Bass Extra Smooth/Beer (nitro 3.8%)
Samlesbury in Preston, Lancashire, England 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
5.47
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On keg at the Mayfly Inn, Kesh. Appearance - deep amber with a nice great head. Nose - a touch of redcurrant, sweet cereal notes. Taste - more of the sweet cereal, a bit muesli in fact. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture. Fairly balanced finish. Overall - a solid citizen.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Keg @ Lounge Bar, Pride of Brugge, Zeebrugge-Hull Ferry. Clear copper with a creamy-smooth head. Bitter in style with a small sweetness in the malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Can @ Tesco, Carrick-on-Shannon [181014]
Caramel brown, clear, frothy off white head
Nose of soft sweet caramel, little aroma
Taste of soft caramel, touch of brown sugar, cardboard, almost no hops, bland and watery, hardly any flavour
Palate - Medium carb, light body. Fizzy. Light sweet. Finish non descript, just some slight brown malt
Overall - Very dull, cheaply made, mass produced beer with no character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
I think this is the right version of Bass, 500mL can from Molloy’s, 3.8% abv, no other definition on the label, just says "brewed in the UK". Anyways, small aroma of soap, hop cones, caramel malt. Color is crystal clear gold amber, medium off white head, dissipates quickly, no real lacing. Flavor is soapy, nice hop bitterness, thin watery mouthfeel, palate is easy, no lasting flavor, this is very easy to drink, possibly a good session ale, but I think if it was warm it would taste like piss.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Draught somewhere in Stanstead Airport. Pours hazy light golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, cery light straw. Flavor is malt, light caramel, straw, apples. Thin watery body, lively carbonation. 220913
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Keg at the Holiday Inn, Winchester. Deep amber with a large dense creamy nitro head which completely masked the aroma; the taste was fruity and slightly sour, giving only a vague recollection of "real" Bass. Drinkable, but lacking in all departments, and a waste of good brand name.
Earlier Rating: 8/12/2008 Total Score: 2.4
500cl can from Plonkers, Derby. Amber with a dense off-white head; malty aroma; malty flavour, slightly bitter finish with a trace of the characteristic Bass taste, but not a patch on the original.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
(Nitro keg at Huxley’s, London Heathrow Terminal 5, 26 July 2009, labeled Bass Extra Smooth. I guess this is the one) Amber colour with creamy, off-white head. Malty, slightly nutty nose with a touch of caramel. Malty, nutty taste with notes of caramel and toffee. Below medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Fairly dry. Hardly exciting but drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
(Can 50 cl) Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear amber golden with a dense and creamy off-white head. Light fruitiness and caramel in the nose. Light-bodied with sweetish caramel and an almost absent bitterness. But nice and drinkable. 270408
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Clear deep amber with tiny white head. Sweet aroma with peachy and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with fruity and caramel notes. Ends sweet.