Bass Pale Ale

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

Bass pours a clear amber/gold with a moderate head that lasts but a couple of minutes. Liberal carbonation is evident. The aroma is faintly hoppy, floral and clean. The aroma is not overpowering yet hits the nose as you take a drink. The taste is crisp, with a slight bitterness and faint malt sweetness. Bass is not incredibly strong flavored yet has enough there to be enjoyable. It’s not a "lite" beer but is light flavored. Of all the "light" tasting classic ales, this is the one I like the best. Now, I know...it’s not a great beer. But it is good and it is very refreshing. I see Bass as a good beer, not heavy and with lower alcohol.

Enjoyed from a 24oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a nice light copper to medium amber color, with a nice and fairly long-lasting white head. The nose brings a fairly complex and rich malt character, showing some biscuit notes and caramel. The palate brings straight-forward, but nicely blended malt notes; giving strong hints of caramel, and more subtle ones of biscuit, toffee, and just a touch of raison. The finish is rather full and just a bit sweet, but the flavors quickly leave the mouth, allowing the beer to be fairly refreshing on a warm day. Overall, this is obviously a very popular and widely available beer, but, given my experience, perhaps an underrated one, as well.

500. Another of these sharp-looking square-shouldered UK 500s. Pours a crystal clear coppery medium amber. Loose sudsy grayish head. Plenty of lace coming down the sides of the glass. Sweet, cloying, treacly nose--raisins, figs, caramel, quite a few unexpected notes. These UK ESBs can get awfully sweet. Creamy medium body with very little palpable carb. More sweets on the mid-palate; bready malts with raisins and figs and sticky molasses flavors, along with a sharpness that seems to come out of nowhere. Tastes chemically, this sharpness, whatever it is. Mild finish.

pours a golden color with a white head Decent beer for a mass produced pale ale. draft beer

Orange to red pour with a decent head. Not too bitter, but enough to make me happy. Finishes pretty well.

It’s a good bitter to start with if you’ve never tried one before. It’s not "big" and not overpowering. It gives you a good sense of whats to come, if you choose to drink bitter beers. Enjoyable and fresh.

12 oz. bottle. Golden amber pour with sizable white head. Smells like a pale ale -- some cascade/american hops with some citrus and grain elements. Flavor is of malts, hops, and citrus fruit. Ends on a crisp bitter note. It’s okay, not great.

12 oz bottle. Pours a deep golden reddish color with a small white head. It has a nice malt and honey like aroma. It has a nice clean malty taste with a pleasant bitter aftertaste. This is a very nice beer in my opinion.