Bitter Californian
Bristol Beer Factory in Southville, Bristol, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask@Euston Tap, London. Amber looks with a meek off-white head. Some citrus and grassy hop notes present in the nose. Largely unspectacular flavour with some fruity notes alongside some decent enough hop bitterness. Drinkable, but just not quite enough clout.... had hoped for a bit more.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ The Caley, Edinburgh 250812
Ruby copper, clear, rich white head, good lacing
Aroma - caramel malts, light fruity malts, soft fruity zest
Taste - Caramel malts, soft zesty hop, bit of spicy peppery hops, some soft toffee, light fruity malts
Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish as main flavour, nice soft lingering hop bitterness
Overall - As a bitter beer it’s pretty good and quite interesting
Fin (18516) reviewed Bitter Californian from Bristol Beer Factory 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, gravity at the Real Ale Bar, WOMAD Festival, Wiltshire, Saturday 28th July 2012 Pours reddy/amber in colour with a filmy white head. Dry and bitter, its a furry bitterness, malty with a hard tangy fruity unripe plum skin fruitiness. Good. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Bitter Californian from Bristol Beer Factory 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Amber colour, small off-white bubbly head. Aroma is fruity, floral, grassy with some mild yeasty and herbal notes. Flavour is fruits, wood, some quite bitter notes as well as earth. Also mild yeastyness.
madmitch76 (40782) reviewed Bitter Californian from Bristol Beer Factory 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
11th April 2012
On tap at the Euston Tap. Light haze on this gold amber beer. Short white head. Light dry palate. Mild fine carbonation. Tangy tea malt, bitter. Citrus orange comes through. Juicy and medium bitter. Dry finish.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Bitter Californian from Bristol Beer Factory 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours clear, vibrant gold with a medium, frothy white foam head. Toasty dough in the nose with subtle orange. Light to medium sweet, quite doughy with hints of butter, pine, grass, faint citrus. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweet finish, some faintly tangy citrus, light toast, light toasted grass. It’s OK. The diacetyl character fades as I drink. But still, the overall character is actually a bit wimpy and the beer is kind of a let-down.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, London. An amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, citrus fruit, bitter. The bitterness was overpowering for me, not really my thing.
Downender (11273) reviewed Bitter Californian from Bristol Beer Factory 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask-conditioned at the Eldon House, Bristol 25/02/2012. Deep copper in colour withy a decent, off-white head. Aroma of citrus fruit, cereal malts and leafy hops. Flavour had robust malts, a hint of sweetness, lime fruit and a dry finish with a hint of pine. Very enjoyable.