John Smiths Cask

Brewed by Thomas Hardy (Burtonwood)
Style: Bitter
Burtonwood, England

The aroma is malty sweet. The color is nutbrown and it has a fine bubbly head though very fast disappearing. The flavor is sweet, malty, and very light. It has no character and is therefore a very average beer.

Cask (handpump) @ Harlequin, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S3 8GG.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sugar, sweet malt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. Borring and very indusrial. [20090417]

1. Cask Handpump at the Pig & Whistle, Liverpool 22/11/2001 Amber mid brown coloured and malty. Dry hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Railway Hotel, Ramsbottom 06/07/2003 Amber slightly fruity and smooth on the palate. Some dryness in a malt finish. 3. Cask Handpump at the Beehive, Northwich 24/12/2005 Mid brown amber coloured and very smooth on the palate. Crisp slightly dry malt finish with some bitterness. 4. Cask Handpump at the Roebuck, Northwich 10/07/2008 Some malt aroma. Mid brown coloured and smooth on the palate with a crisp and slightly creamy malt finish. 5. Cask Handpump at the Coach & Horses, Tadcaster 06/02/2009 Floral aroma. Amber coloured and smooth on the palate with a crisp slightly bitter and creamy malt finish. 6. Cask Handpump at the Victoria Vaults, York 09/05/2009 Floral and slightly spicy aromas. Bronze coloured smooth on the palate and a little fruity with a hint of bitterness in a crisp malt finish.

A simple, amber bitter with toasted and straightforward malt flavours. Dry and faint leafy hops try to awaken their lot, but mostly get eaten up by the malt’s nuttiness. A fair bitterness nevertheless chimes in. Not bad, but too simplistic to be a lot of fun.

Cask in the alfread herring. Alround rating: Malty sweet, nutty, thin, hop character is low but its still balanced and quite tasty.

Better than the extra smooth, less creamy, thanks to it having no nitro widget thingy. Bitter, but thin and metallic, not so good. Tastes very industrial.

Cask Conditioned??? Not sure about this as I think it is filtered and put on sale straight away. Little character to the beer, nothing to latch on to as a distinguishing flavour. Boring.