Bass Pale Ale 3.15 1764

Bass Pale Ale

	Percentile
	61
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1764	3.16/5.0	3.15/5.0	5%	63.6	English pint

Commercial Description:
Available filtered in bottles, cans, and kegs.
A version of Bass for the North American market at 5% to comply with USA ale regulations.
Brewed from the late 70's at Burton. In 2000, after Interbrew bought the Bass brand, production was switched to the Ulster brewery in Northern Ireland. In 2003 production and distribution was switched to Latrobe for a 12-18 period. Now being made back in the UK once again by InBev.

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Strangebrewer (227), Chatham, Ontario, Canada

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Sep 6, 2008

Beautiful copper colour, Thin creamy head. Sweet malty caramel nose. Nice bitterness, a little metallic aftertaste. Easy to drink. I’ll have another round please.

zappafan99 (463), Ascension Island

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 1, 2008 Updated: Apr 6, 2009

Taste: 9/8 Bottle(?) Looks: Copper with a thin yeasty head. Aroma: Small hops fruit/citrus behind the yeast. Taste: An ok ESB even if it is the export recipe. Nothing special, but a good quality beer for such high production.

kennydiaz (193), staten island, New York, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	12/20

Aug 31, 2008

SLIGHTLY BITTER WITH A NICE COPPER COLOR. GOOD ON ITS OWN BUT GREAT TOPPED OF WITH GUINNESS. ITS DEFINITELY ONE OF MY STAPLE BEERS.

NeoHippie2 (177), Louisville, Kentucky, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Aug 30, 2008

Solid brew. Pours a nice deep amber/copper with a generous white head. Pleasant malty aroma Very refreshing on the palate with a crisp finish that has a nice touch of hops in the background to it. I think the best way to describe this one would be well-balanced

MrAleman (111), Wiltshire, England

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	5/10	5/5	6/10	5/5	19/20

Aug 30, 2008 Updated: Sep 6, 2008

I’ve found this beer goes down very well, especially as the first beer at a session. Have tried it on tap in various pubs, solid flavour with the right amount of froth.

Dastrn (115), Warsaw, Indiana, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	12/20

Aug 28, 2008 Updated: Oct 26, 2008

Pours a dark amber with a nice white frothy head. Smells of malt. Tastes malty in the front with just a little hops in the back. Used to be one of my favorite beers. Now it tastes a little too generic and malty for my style.

JCB (1799), Durham, North Carolina, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Aug 26, 2008

I’m giving this higher marks than it likely deserves, for purely nostalgic reasons. As my British stepfather always tells me, "Nobody in England drinks Bass beer." Whether or not it’s as schwaggy as Bud is to many British drinkers, I can nonetheless dig this beer to this day. Frothy amber body, abundant malts, not many hops in the somewhat thin body but enough flavor and, again, fond remembrance to make me overlook a lot.

Artillery (17), Lawton, Oklahoma, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	5/10	3/5	1/10	3/5	13/20

Aug 23, 2008

This is a good beer but gets much better in a black and tan. It helps give it some body.

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