Bass Pale Ale

Brewed by Samlesbury (InBev UK - InBev)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Preston, England

Pours a perfect crisp amber with a thin fizzy white head that quickly fades to a skim and a ring that stays. Aroma is grassy, floral and citrus hops, straw, a little caramel and raw cereal grains. Flavor is cereal grain, caramel, straw, apple, floral hops, a little citrus, a sorta sour and nutty drying like slightly underripe walnuts. Finish is dry and slightly bitter with a grainy, almost adjunct taste to it. Body is thin and watery a bit high on carbonation. Not bad for a beer that is everywhere, though I have bought a few skunky sixers over the years.

bottle. puny (almost not there) off-white rocky head into dark golden body. aromas of light malts, light floral hops, and a touch of metal. flavor is initially moderate bitter and finishes light bittersweet. moderate finish duration. slightly dry mouthfeel. okay.

[bottle] Nutty and red apple aroma with a some floral hops together with caramel malt. Clear amber with a quickly dropping white foam. Melanoidiny spicy malt with a definite metallic feel that sort of messes up the assertive bitterness, making it sour and pungent. Notes of nuts and brown sugar. Finish is quite bitter, medium carbonation. light to medium body. [cask] Nice brown sugar caramel aroma with faint, lemony hops as well as a pleasant diacetyl butterscotch.(6) Orange-light brown with no head.(2) Nutty caramel flavour with significant bitterness, but still quite sweet. Boring.(5) Medium body, low carbonation, nutty sweet finish. Needs more carbonation.(2) /12

This was one of my favorites before I discovered good beer. I still do not mind it. Malty and a little sweet, some nut flavors, pleasant aroma. A little metallic at times and weak on the mouthfeel. Decent even if it is not the most exciting beer out there.

On tap. Pours a clear amber with a small white head that settles down to a thin layer. Aromas of caramel malt, lemon, faint hops. Taste is a bland and little metallic with some spicy hops. Creamy to watery on the palate. Sharp, metallic, short finish. Not as good as I remember it being.

Its Bass Time! And I do not mean the fishing kind either. From 12-oz bottle at party, pours a clear light amber brew with an average off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and ring. Aroma of caramel malt, a touch of lemon zest and citrus hops. Taste is medium bodied, plenty of carbonation with flavors of caramel malt, some lemon zest, grassy hops and a touch of dried ice tea. Finish has a mild bitterness that quickly disappears. Not bad for an every day party beer.

Hey, an InBev product! Amber pour, white head. Lightly hoppy nose. Bland taste. Kind of spicey. I remember enjoying a few pints of this when I was in college. I guess I was both pretentious and stupid.

On tap, Fox and Ferret bar CHCH. Amber brown beer with a smallish white head. The nose is of sweet malts and english hops. A solid (for the style) malt taste is the first thing that hits you, followed by a long lasting very english and almost "spicy" hops. Not the thickest beer on the palate but worth a drink.