Magnolia Blue Bell Bitter

Clear light copper with a fizzy white head. Bready brassy malty aroma and taste with an earthy finish.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours almost clear and golden deep amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty with a light hoppy accent coming through. Mild acidic hops fruity flavoured. Fruity and light bitter together with a light roasted malt flavour into the finish.

Draught at the brewpub. Copper color with a lacy white head. Crackery malt, caramel, and spicy hops in the aroma. The malt is toasty and nutty with some cracker, topped with some spicy and lightly bitter hops. The finish is dry and the body is light. Feels like an American brewed it, but nice English hop and malt flavors.

Tap at the brewpub: Deep copper pour with an off white ring of head. Herbal British hops in the nose- light lemon peel and biscuit. A touch over carbonated. Nice biscuity malt base (feels British) with an herbal hops flavor (fuggle). Mildly bitter and surprisingly clean. A decent interpretation.

On tap at City Beer in SF. Copper color with an off-white head. English hops and sweet malt on the aroma, more of the same on the flavor. Nothing too exciting. Medium body.

Cask at the brewpub. Mild malty aroma; dark amber color with a decent beige head. Rather thin bodied with slight carbonation. Mild caramel with floral bitter. Finishes medium dry and decently bitter.

Amber colored, some lacing and retention. Aroma is lightly hoppy but still pleasant. Some citric grass notes. Medium to light body. Nothing special.

Copper coloured body with a thinnish tan head. Aroma of fresh english hops, with very little else, aside from some malt. Medium-bodied; Nice sharp hoppy flavour coupled with some malt and toffee and a bit of spice. Aftertaste shows the hops loud & clear. Coupled well with my dinner, but even more excited to see GOOD beers! I sampled this on draught, instead of a glass of wine at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California on 26-October-2007.