Tetleys English Ale

Brewed by Leeds (Carlsberg UK)
Style: Bitter
Leeds, England

3.8%ABV; September 2008 Can Date; Sampled May 2008
Pours into my 25cl tulip glass with a frothy, almost creamy consistency, light tan colored head that settles out to be about three-fingers in height. The beer is a brilliantly clear, red-hued copper color, that shows a rich copper hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells characteristic of a widget can (almost tinny in its light beeriness). Slight butterscotch, a hint of toffee and a dusty, almost stale malt note that is very faint as well.

Very smooth tasting as the beer is practically dead of all carbonation. Definitely creamy in consistency and very light and quaffable, this beer just slides down my throat, almost without me noticing it at all. This finishes with a slightly metallic, light hop note. Faint sweet maltiness is noticeable after a couple sips at the fore of each sip; slight toffee, and a touch of caramel is what comes through the most. There is some soft, herbal hop notes to this brew as well.

At first this beer was really bland in both flavor and aroma, but the flavor picked up a bit after a short bit. This does seem to have a low level of diacetyl, but it is very mild and actually seems to add a bit of welcome complexity to the beer, even for me who is so sensitive to it. This is certainly not objectionable, though I am not sure I would ever consciously choose to drink another one of these.

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On tap: milk chocolate brown, thin tan head, hazy. Thick, malty aroma, fairly bitter but creamy smooth to drink.

on tap at the black badger. served amber with a thick nitro head. malty flavours with a slight bitter finish. pretty good overall and im glad i got to have it but not something id go out of the way to again.

Pours a dark orange with about a finger of creamy head. Nut malt odor. Milky texture, and a slightly bitter maltyness in the aftertaste. Very smooth, but not an a lot of distinct taste

Nitro-canned. This one listed at only 3.6% abv. Muddy fruity aroma. Dense, creamy nitro beige head with a dark orange body. Watery thin body, very mild malty/fruity flavor. Slight nitro backwash at the end. Mild, basically flavorless, harmless beer, but heck, give me more!

This beer pours a reddish brown colour. Head is fairly large, off white. Aromas of caramel and butterscotch. Holds strong flavors of cocoa and coffe bean taste.

a very smooth creamy beer a la cafferys or boddingtons. What is lacks in aroma and perhaps flavour it makes up for in mouth feel. Cascade pour is always enjoyable to watch and tight white smooth creamy head makes this an ejoyable beer especially when you are thirsty because it goes down so smooth.

Quite surprised on the smoothness despite the dark colour. Slight aftertaste but makes for an enjoyable drink straight out of the tap. Had it on more than one occasion and would probably have it again. Slightly above average and worth a taste.