Tetleys Cask Bitter

Cask conditioned Handpump Sun Kislingbury A dark gold coloured beer with a ring of off-white bubbles. An old fashioned beer with yeasty and fruity notes. Minimal hops but an interesting bittersweet balance with yeasty notes and some sulphur. Acceptable but old fashioned

On tap. Pours a murky coppor colour with little carbonation and an acceptable head. Smell is a bit vague to me, being bitter (duh) and fruity at the same time. Taste is very vague also, not alot to taste there really. It’s not really bad, but nothing to speak highly of.

Cask. Multiple tastings (remembered from previous tastings) Drank plenty of these while spending a summer in England. Thought they were good but don’e remember thinking they were anything special.

Cask various locations - nearly always the same. Coppery brown colour with tight white head. Little aroma to speak of, and what there is is mostly malt. Light bitterness, low carbonation, slightly dry finish. Nothing outstanding, this beer is probably best drunk close to source in West Yorkshire.

Pint cask at The Drove, Newhaven. Brown color, creamy white head. Aroma is fruity. Flavor is fruity, with some sweet caramelmalt, hints of hops.

Sups of Pa Jenner’s in Brum. Everything else that was real had ran out. Tight nitro collar from the cask. Totally still. Meek watery raisin and caramel. Very English. Who else would put up with it? Could drink a gallon without slurring, but will almost certainly never drink again. Unless I’m trapped at a wedding reception where the Guinness is £5 a pint. OK.

This really surprised me. Nice dry-hopped aroma, straw malt with plenty of hop flavour and a good lasting dryness. More bitter than most "bitters". Maybe I enjoyed it more because I expected blandness in the first place but it’s nice and it’s sessionable, definitley.

Cask at the Lord Roberts, Nottingham. Amber colour, slight fruit aroma, tastes of fruity malt with some bitterness and sourness. Very traditional but nothing special.