Huvila Foxy Bitter

Formerly brewed at Panimoravintola Huvila
Style: Bitter
Savonlinna, Finland

keg at Black Door Helsinki 200608 Color:amber Taste:long lasting after bitterness. Nice one. Needs to re-rate later on

Draught@Kaunis Kampela, Helsinki. Amber color, nearly no head. Hoppy aroma. Bitter taste with a malty background and a long finish. A very quaffable bitter in the English style.

Not as good as Huvila´s original bitter. A good bitter, easy to drink but nothing special. A lack of personality is the only problem comparing to the other Huvila ales.

Draught@Bruxellensis. Felt very sweet to me, and very filtered down and dead (not sure about if its filtered/pasteurised). Sweet caramel and some touches of earthy hop charactyers, some orangey note and leafy hops. Tatsed a bit stale.

A Mes rate: Draught at Bruxellensis. Nice bight amber colour with a slight off white head. Decent spicy hop aroma that is very bitter and dry. Flavour very much along the same lines. Light fruity notes and some malt underneath giving it pretty good balance. Very delicate caramel lending it a bit of sweetness. Bitter finish. Thoroughly enjoyable and very English. Much better than thousands of others we have to choose from over here.

On tap @ Bruxellensis. Semi-hazy amber with off-white head. Faint caramel and biscuit-malt nose with some hops. Flavor is same, rolling into mild bitterness and a touch of dryness. More of a quaffer than the ESB, as you’d expect I reckon. Pretty nice quencher.

Draught Clear deep-copper-amber beer with small yellowish head. Sulphur, dried fruits on sulphur, ambrée malts, touch of hops. BItter of hops, sweet of dried fruit (apricot?), and a lot of suphur in the end again, meybe even some rubber. But very good balance. Well balanced, but the beer ends a bit thin. Nice drinking ale.

Draught @ Bruxellensis. Flowery hops and apricot in the aroma. Thin. Flowery, somnewhat earthy hops in the flavor. Loads of fruity esters, apricot especially. Long earthy hopbitter aftertaste. Well balanced beer.