Topsail

Bays Brewery in Paignton, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.25

ABV: 4.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 21

Launched in June 2010, Topsail is a well balanced beer, deep amber in colour with a subtle sweetness throughout.

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6.1

jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 1 year ago

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

500ml bottle from Darts Farm Shop, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, toffee, caramel, brown sugar & malt. Medium body. Light bitter malty finish

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2025 at 20:14

eurosoba (18570) ticked Topsail from Bays Brewery 3 years ago

02/08/2011. ATLANTIC INN, Peverell Terrace, PORTHLEVEN, Cornwall, England

Tried on 09 Nov 2022 at 06:25

6.5

Grumbo (24387) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 4 years ago

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

28/8/2021. Cask at the 2021 East Anglian Beer Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear tawny brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, malt, berry, burnt sugar. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, oily watery texture, soft carbonation. Sweet malty finish. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2021 at 14:18

6.2

SHIG (13882) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 4 years ago

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

Cask: Poured a burnt orange with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is malty, light fruit. Taste is light bitter, malty.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2021 at 04:24

WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Topsail from Bays Brewery 4 years ago

Tried on 28 Aug 2021 at 14:32

5.9

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle from local Sainsbury's. Pour clear amber with an off white head. Aroma: malty, biscuit, toffee. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, caramel & toffee malts, earthy, hedgerow fruits. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Fine if dull

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2020 at 17:39

6.4

Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF '19, day one, 06/08/19. Golden amber with a well presented off white cap. Nose is dusty fruits, brown bread, grass, light herb. Taste comprises biscuit, fruit slice, grass, light spice, crackers, grains. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough bitter.

Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2019 at 15:44

6.1

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 6 years ago

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

Hand-pulled half-pint in the Fortescue Hotel, Plymouth on 2nd Nov 2019. Decent clean looking amber pour, beige topping. Light malty nose and flavour, balanced by some bittering hop action. Easy drinking Bitter that isn't going to excite or bore your senses.

Tried on 06 Nov 2019 at 09:49

Finn (18112) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fra fat på Union Rooms, Plymouth 23 Sep 16. Varm gyldenbrun. Lavt luftig skum. Lett plommearoma. Smaken aprikos. Litt tørr etter hvert. Sånn passe.

Tried on 12 Dec 2016 at 13:43

5.4

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Topsail from Bays Brewery 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Half, cask at Union Rooms. Creamy, beige head blanketing the glass. Near clear amber body. Toffee and dough on the nose. Mid-sweet malty flavours, hints of bread, caramel and dough. More sweet than bitter to the finish. Smooth in the mouth. Easy going. (Plymouth 23.09.2016).

Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2016 at 01:31