Bartrams Captain Bill Bartrams Best Bitter

Brewed by Bartrams
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Bury St Edmunds, England

Cask Real Ale 0.25L glass tasted at Gallows Bird. Pale head. Slightly hazy. Pale golden yellow colour. Malty roasty taste. At the end flowery hoppiness. Some green grass in the nose.

Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2009)
Day 0: 6-3-6-2-11=2.8
Not clear. Dusty dry hoppy bitter aroma. Low carbonation. Smooth palate. Slight sludginess, probably as it’s not settled, yeasty and very bitter. Has potential, will revisit.
Day 1: 6-3-6-3-12=3.0
Still not clear. Clearer aroma. More light grains in the taste, and crisper bitterness.

(Cask at Gallows Bird, Espoo, on 2009-01-23) Dark orange and hazy. Hardly any head. Very light aroma containing toffee and hops. Full bodied and dry palate with little carbonation. Malts, bitterness,toffee, sweetness and grass in flavour. Malty and bitter aftertaste.

cask 0,268l at Gallows RAF 2009 light amber tiny white head lacing citrus fruity bit earth crispy malts. Very tasty bitter.

Bottle: Slightly hazy auburn with a puffy white head which lasts looking a little the like the scum you may find on a pond. Floral, a bit of a citrus attack. Grapefruit and light hops. Roasty cereal notes, malty finish. A little chemically. Really bitter and hoppy aftertaste. It doesn’t follow well from the aroma at all. Too fizzy all round. Th finish is a little too dry which makes me thirsty but I don’t want more of this. It smells interesting and appetising but after that it lets itself down drastically

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark gold. Malt aroma. Sweet fruity taste, pleasantly nutty and spicy. Some bitterness. Very nice.

Gravity, Merton Winter Beer Festival. Warm copper, light tan head. Earthy, farmy, strawberry aroma. Caramel sweetness, light berry esters, rustic hops--just enough for balance. This is the most lovely old-fashioned bitter I’ve had in ages, showing off the best of simple ingredients and proper English hops, served in a way that shows a beer like this in the best light. Memorably good.

Cask , gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb 08 Poured Mid-brown with white head. Nice malty and sweet toffee on the nose. This was a very nice uncomplicated bitter, good toffeeness but not so sweet, bitteness a tad restrained but good body and flavours were fine, would happily have a couple of these, it was quite enjoyable.