Neustadt Springs Manchester Bitter

Formerly brewed at Neustadt Springs Brewery
Style: Bitter
Neustadt, Canada

on tap at C’est What beer fest. Corny aroma, sweet maltiness in the flavour, not exactly what i was expecting, but i appreciate the effort.

Draught @ The Brewery: Along with pootz I to was filled in on the story of Manchester Bitter, and thusly feel permitted in providing the score it likely deserves. While I would never rate it lower than a Steelback beer, I will rate it lower than any other Neustadt product. Smells of wet, sweet grass. Pours deep yellow, no head. Flavour is slightly sweet, not at all bitter (at least not when cold), and fairly ordinary. Too bad I have a feeling it’s not seeing the light of day again.. haha

Sampled from a 10 liter draft caddy at the brewery. The brewer let me in on the secret of this beer and I ain’t tellin’ except to say that he was going for the Steelback experience....and he certainly acheived it with this lagerale. ;-) I had a laugh seeing this getting lower scores than some Steelback beer and higher than some Neustadt beers......ratings are certainly a funny thing .

Draught. Yellow-gold with a small white head. Grassy, grain, wort, and hay aroma. The flavour is grainy and sweet and lacking any flavourful bitterness.

Corn nose, golden, small white head. Malty taste, sweet, light bodied. Fair, but does not meet the style.

Draught sample at Golden Tap Awards. Light, bright gold with a creamy head. Aroma of candy and popcorn - lots and lots of popcorn. Flavour of a mild malty ale with popcorn floating in it. Where the hell did all this popcorn come from? Based on the name, I guess they’re going for a Boddingtons style bitter - they got the appearance right, but that’s about it.

On Tap. Bright gold with large porus top. Grainy, slightly sour arom , dough , fruity esters.Bitter? Flavour work out slightly better than nose- more harmonious . Gentle bitternes , with light carbonation. Soft biterness till very finish with hnints of spice and dough.

Draught at beerbistro during the 2006 Golden Tap Awards. Pours a clear gold with a small diminishing white head. Aroma: hmmm, I’m not crazy about that. Smells like grain and canned peas with lots of corn and faint hops. Flavour’s no better, it tastes like it smells with a somewhat bitter finish and a slightly unpleasant aftertaste. Medium bodied. I can’t say I’m a fan of this and I’m not sure how it’s a ’Bitter’, in the end I couldn’t finish it. I won’t be getting it again.