Finest Bottle Conditioned Ale

Bottle 50cl.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090123]

Orange coloured with a decent, long-lasting white head. Aroma of caramel, orange fruit and some earthy hops. The flavour had plenty of caramel malt, some citrus and a moderate bitter finish. Good.

500ml bottle. It was a shock to open the bottle and find yeast sediment on the inside of the cap - I guess the staff at my local Tescos don’t know how to store bottle conditioned ales!
This made for a very lively pour and a rather cloudy appearance. Hazy amber body with a large and loosely formed beige head; rich spicy toffee aroma; toffee malt flavour; a short buzzy bitter finish. Not bad - probably better if stored correctly.

500ml bottle from Tesco. Isn’t this a re-badge of Royal Oak?? Reddy brown, thin beige head. Yeasty fruity malty aroma. Good biting hop on end. Not sure the BCA works. Bit earthy. Nice hop though.

[i] Bottle from Oxford Tesco 01-11-07 [/i] Poured mid amber with some bubbling and a tight white head. The aroma I found to be musty at first but this was followed by some floral notes though I never got tangerine. Feels soft in the mouth the bitterness is very subdued, some soft creamy vanilla like flavours, also fudge, a reasonable beer that could have been so much better me feels.