McLaughlins Best Bitter

Brewed by Camden Town (prev McLaughlins Horseshoe)
Style: Bitter
Camden, England

From tap at the brewpub as Camden Best Bitter, 3.6. Pours cloudy dark amber to hazzlenut brown and with a small, tan and creamy head. Aroma is rosted malty, light hoppy note. Smooth mouthfeel. Quite hoppy and with a roasted mild malty base flavour. Light fruity hops flavoured. Rather dry and bitter flavoured into the finish.

Cask (handpump) @ McLaughlins Horseshoe, 28 Heath St, Hampstead, London, Greater London, England NW3 6TE.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, pine, orange, anis notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20081229]

Cask (gravity dispense), Pigs Ear Beer Festival, London, December 2006. Reddish copper colour. Plenty of tangy, oily, resinous hop bitterness. There is a slight underlying toffeeish note, maybe even a hint of smoky malt but it’s the hops that dominate. A nicely assertive biter that punches well above its weight. SilkTork is right - I do like this.

Cask, handpump at The Horseshoe, Hampstead London. Ruddy brown coloured, raw-edged malty bitter. Tart appley fruit, tarry dryness and a bitter finish.

Pigs Ear. Old fashioned English hop soaked biter. Very pleasant and flavoursome. Good, solid beer, well done. Not quite to my taste, but pulls well above its strength. Tastes like Fullers ESB. I should think that Chris_o will like this.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Pigs Ear BF. A slightly hazy anber coloured beer. The aroma is biscuity and malty with alcohol showing itself. The taste is malty and a little fruity. OK and pleasantly drinkable.

Cask@The Horseshoe, Hampstead, N London. Quite dark for a bitter, and i’m sure the guy behind the bar said it was stronger than 3.6%, i could be wrong. This was a loveley bitter, richer than you’d expect a bitter to be. This was quite earthy, with a toasty malt character and some light roastyness. Wholemeal grain characters, with touches of dark fruit. Some nice citric hops in the finish and some nice bitterness. Quite rich/full bodied for a bitter.

On draught at the brewpub in Hampstead. Copper-coloured with quite a creamy offwhite head. Fruity hop aroma. Citrussy hop flavours on a caramel toffee base. Light to medium body, dry mouthfeel. An agreeable new bitter in one of London’s best neighbourhoods.