Samuel Smiths Sovereign Best Bitter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Bitter
Tadcaster, England

Served on nitro. An orange beer with a thick white head. The aroma is very lightly fruity and malty - due to the nitrogen head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a dry bitter end. The mouthfeel is very smooth. I’m not a fan of nitro.

Cask (handpump) @ Sea Horse, York. Copper in colour, nice frothy head with good lacing, hoppy fruity (apples?) taste, nice but short aftertaste.

<i>Cask Conditioned at Duke of Argyll, London</i>
Light amber hazy color; thin creamy head. Light hop aroma. Simple Bitter, with some caramel, light flavors, light ashes. Correct bitterness. Too light, but not bad.

(cask at Princess Louise, London) Clear light amber body topped by a big creamy off-white head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, leafy/earthy, floral. Taste is medium sweet, mild, caramel, floral, light bitter. Smooth and watery light body.

Keg Handpump at the Boot Inn, Chester 17/04/2004 Golden amber coloured with a slightly fruity sour flavour. Some bitterness in a dry lasting finish.

Keg at Anchor Tap, Southwark. Copper coloured with thick creamy head. Some hoppy aroma. Mouthfeel is creamy, a little light on the flavours.Finish has a bit of tangy hop, some caramel. Inoffensive

Mildly hoppy aroma with a very low carbonation. Taste is also mildly hoppy but kind of bland.

Keg in the 78. The nitro killed this for me. No aroma. Taste is pale biscuity malts with a fruity note, but had through nitro at like 0 degree’s so just another beer thats been killed by nitro.