Cask. Cloudy, dark copper colour. Nice creamy head. Flowery aroma, fresh fruit. Grassy hoppiness in flavour. Aftertaste is OK bitter, slightly astringent and with some aromatic hoppiness also. Nice, semi-creamy mouthfeel.

(Bottle 50 cl) Beautiful light brown colour and ditto head. A huge, lumpy sediment. Incredibly nice hop-character from the organic Goldings. Unpasteurized with bottle-fermentation making the beer almost explode out of the bottle. 290404

BB2003 bottle brought to the Post-Tap-Best-Western-Haverhill tasting, 3/25/05 by Muzzlehatch, shared with Tiggmtl, Muzzlehatch, Rastacouere and MartinT. Pours a very cloudy orange-amber, with some light blood-orange tinges and a small off-white head that sticks around for a minute and then is gone. Aroma is quite fruity, like fruit on the verge of spoiling. Lightly sour and lightly sweet mix of raspberries, cherries and strawberries, with a big dose of sweet toffee and a decent amount of roasted hazelnuts. Flavor is bittersweet, light fruits with a slightly chewy nuttiness, some figs, walnuts and raisins. Sticky caramel can be perceived, though the oxidation has loosened up the body a good deal. Low bitterness, no hops apparency and a good deal of yeast on the finish. Carbonation is still apparent and gives a little zip on the end. Fine, peppery bubbles and a medium body, with a good deal of oxidation, as mentioned. Peaches, toffee, nuts and a bit of acidity. I enjoyed this one, but I also am not bothered by oxidized, old, yeasty beers. I bet I would have really loved it a year or so ago. Thanks Barry!

Cask@The Wharf, Aalborg DK
Bitter green wood, pine hop aroma. Amber. Slight fruit tastenotes. Watery. not spectacular. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bitter (Bottle) on 07 Jun 2019 at 16:17 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Bottle from LIDL. Dark amber, fine carbonation, creamy eggshell head. Light honeyish nose, roast and toffee malt base, sweet notes, dusty minerally notes, medium light mellow chewy body, a bit berry, herbal bitter finish.

[I had the Brakspear Organic Beer, but according to the brewery, the recipe is the same as for Live Organic, though there are slight variations in the proportion of bittering hops used] An amber beer with a beutiful head. The aroma is sweet with notes of honey - though nothing is used. The flavor is extremely hoppy with notes of honey and malt. A lovely fresh beer.

Draft at Jan Primus. Clear copper color, short off-white head. Thin aroma of some caramel and roasted malts with a fruity framboise hint. Nice balanced taste of malts, a bit creamy. Medium lasting palate. Nice brown ale.

[Cask at Charlie's Bar] A beutiful orange beer with a small head. The aroma is fruity with notes of oranges. The flavor is cask flat with powerful notes of fruit, oranges, cloves, and a little honey. It prickles the tongue and ends on a slight bitterness. A very fresh beer.

The aroma is very lightly fruity. The color is an unclear amber and it has a flat head. The flavor is a lovely slightly sweet fruity flavor from a really good malt blend. It also has a really good aroma hops - but it is most significant in the flavor. It ends on a lovely bitterness. All in all a fantastic flavor - but the palate is a little light.

Tawny brown. A little nutty, with a touch of diacetyl. A hit of astringency leads to dry, woody notes. Not bad for a beer that is supposed to be off.