Tetleys English Ale

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

This one opened with a big rush of air and bubbles. It poured very foamy with loads of tiny little bubbles that slowly formed a thick, white and creamy head. Very cool looking! The body was a nice golden honey color with good clarity after it settled down. The aroma is light. Carmel malts and peach. The favor is buttery smooth and malty sweet up front. This fades to an odd watery and metallic middle that finishes with some herbal tea like hops. The palate is velvety smooth and medium bodied. Overall this is a grate looking beer not much flavor. Tetley’s is interesting however and I would like to try it on tap.

deep amber color; creamy head; slight honey scent, very watery w/ a nutty flavor and a somewhat bitter aftertaste, though very smooth going down

Amber with thin tan head. Aroma of caramel and fruit. Taste of sweet malts that finishes a touch sour and bitter. Smooth but a little bland.

From a widget can... pours crazily into a glass- like most of the nitro blasted beers. The head mixes in with the bottom, and the overall result is an extremely creamy beer. This sucker is way easy to drink. Aromas/Flavors/Etc. are not exceptional, but they are also not offensive. Aroma is a musty malt, flavor is standard bitter fare (not bitter at all of course). It would be nice to have a little more hops, but that’s not what this kind of beer is about. A definite winner for the Guinness crowd that wants to try other beers of the region.

I have always liked this beer. Very creamy head and a very nice matly aroma. Flavor is also malty and it is creamy and silky. Nice brew.

Poured from a nitro tap, an attractive amber with the a creamy off-white head, full of the expected bubble cascade on the glass. The head stays with the beer throughout. The nose was of carmalized malt with a slight fruitiness. The taste started with fruity notes of peach and berry, plenty of sweet malt notes and just a tiny bit of noble hops at the end. The mouthfeel was quite disappointing. The nitrogen didn’t help much, except to put a pretty, creamy head on the beer. Slightly oily, no ’creamy’ mouthfeel and not enough hops to spice up the palate. All in all a pretty run of the mill English Bitter. I’d like to think the nitrogen would have made this a more interesting brew but that’s not to be the case.

Widget Can. Pours like any other widget beer... I love watching it. With the nice head, you can’t lose in the appearance department. Aroma is sweet and malty, almost candy like. Taste is smooth and malty, balanced nicely with noble hops. Finish is creamy with a hop bitterness in the back of the tongue. A good session beer.

Blah. I hate widgets. Whoever invented the damn widget should be shot. Aroma of metal and not much else. Pour was a nice medium gold with a pinky sized close to white head. Taste was very metallic. Some hints of vanilla in and out, but the metal runs the gamut here. Typical flat mouthfeel. I’ll take a carbonated bitter or ESB over this anyday.