Shepherd Neame Early Bird (Bottle)

Brewed by Shepherd Neame
Style: Bitter
Faversham, England

Clear red amber pour with thinning white suds. Soapy, slightly lemony nose with a hint of musty hop. Very distantly hoppy with lots of creamy malt sweetness after the swallow. Nothing offensive, but nothing remotely interesting enough to warrant a resampling either.

Bottle. Clear amber colour with a small off-white head. Hoppy floral aroma with some caramel. Bitter flavour with a light fruity taste. A bit thin.

500 ml bottle. 4.5% abv. Crystal clear light copper colour. Medium-sized white fluffy head. Pungent lemon and lime aroma. Floral hops. Prickling sensation from carbonation at first. Then a watery feeling, which soon is replaced by a hoppy crispness and nutty malts. Only distant hops in the flavour. Some hop bitterness that lasts until the end. There is clearly quite a bit of hop character in the beer but unfortunately it does show it self very well in the flavour and the finish.

Bottle:Yellow clear colour, almost no head ar all. Aroma of sour(?), malts, citric, flowery, and dust,dry hopy ending. Flavor is: malty, citic, dry hopy mouth feeling.light body, medium finish.

Bottle. Early Bird Spring Hop Ale. Nice deep amber colour with a rather small head. Lemon and hoppy aroma. Fresh fruity hoppy flavour with a good toasty maltiness and some caramel.

They say "an early bird catches le worm" and this Neame Spring ale does thus. It’s a light brown/amber in colour and, for me, tastes like it looks - light, citrusy refreshing and slightly creamy. Very refreshing - bring on the Spring says I!

Amber colour with a small off white head. Light malty sweet aroma with a fruity note. Malty and fruity flavor with a light hoppy biterness.

Bottle. Pours a golden colour with a white head. Fruity citrus aroma with some hints of hops. Sweet malty flavor with some hints of caramel and citrus. Malty finish with some bitterness.