Cask Transparant, but decent fluffy head, over foxy-amber beer. Bit of caramel, UK hops, dry hop sacks, old hessian. Nutty & caramel flavour, but light & relieved by some good aroma hops added. A bit light for a Best Bitter. Quite some slickness, even sticky, caramel ending. Light bodied, but nice, invitingly tasting bitter.

Cask B.C.H.; golden, clear beer. UK hops, the best, discreet but refined, if not very assertive. A bit musty taste, old hops flavour, strangely, but not oxydized. But worse, there’s nowt after that... Aptly light. Not very special Bitter.

500 ml bottle. Amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma is clean – malt, caramel and hop. The flavor is nice and well balanced, even impressive consideration the low alcohol. It’s not very complex, it’s rather straightforward British bitter with malt, traces of caramel and some degree of sweetens with an emphasizing bitterness. Well done.

Bottle. The beer is a bit unclear, dark golden colored, and topped by a small, white head, almost like it would look from cask. Not much, but quite pleasant aroma, with a light note of dried fruits, something reminding of a room where tobacco have been stored for a long time, and caramel. A little roasted note as well. Some vague hoppiness in the far background. The flavor is quite subtle and a bit vague, almost what I would expect from a casked, English bitter. Tobacco, caramel, a tad fuityness, and some bitterness. Malty and biscuity as well, but quite weak, as the rest of the beers impression. A bit watery body, and a finish where the hops linger and lasts for a good while with a little peppery note and a vague bitterness. And lightly roasted malt.

This is certainly a beer that needs more than a sampler to disclose all its layers, and it needs a higher temperature than is found in a fridge. Now I miss sitting in an English pub drinking bitters, but what the hell, I know I get tired of them rather quickly. I need variation, but this certainly could be my regular bitter. If something like a regular bitter were an issue here in Norway. A part of me wants to give it a higher score, but somehow it doesn’t deserve it. It’s so damn quaffable and enjoyable that it could easily be a 3.7, but the aroma, appearance, flavor and mouthful on their own doesn’t deserve more than I gave.(070520)

Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Copper, lasting beige head. Actually decent session bitter. Little bit of toffee, some decent hop on end. Fine.

Head is just a froth of bubbles on one side. Hazy red-brown body. Aroma of peppery plums and raisins with notes of tobacco. Watery tobacco taste with traces of dryish hops in the aftertaste. Generally quite close to water. Some dry burntness lingers. Boring. (0.5l bottle.)

500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 4.3%. This beer is apparently named after the original idea of "painting the town red" (see label). Listen, taggers and other vandals: it might have seemed funny the first time, but it’s not funny any more!
The beer is more brown than red, slightly hazy, and pours with a moderate to low head. Are you sure this beer is not bottle conditioned? Moderate carbonation, soft mouthfeel. Pleasant aroma of malts, earth, caramel, blackcurrant leaves and dark fruits. Flavour is perfectly balanced between the malts and hops, not too sweet, despite some caramel in the background - no off-flavours here: Melton Red tastes like BEER, and a damn good one too!

Cask, Gravity at the oepning of Merton playground Sat 21st October 2006. Traditional in colour and also traditional in style. Poured amber in colour, with very little head. This beer was a very decent session bitter, nice bitter bite, good hop charactistics, little bit fruity and dry, nothing fancy just a very decent, dependable lower abv beer.

[Cask at GBBF] Sweetish with some resiny hops and lightly raisiny malt character. Light bodied with light sparkling mouthfeel and notes of grass. An easy going pleasant mild with medium bitterness.

Bottle. A deep red beer with a slight hazy under a bubbly tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of berries and fruit. The flavor is sweet with a strong note of toffee, combined with notes of fruits and berries - a mixture of red and blue berries from the forrest. The end is dry with a slight note of wood, and a short bitterness.