Theakston Lightfoot Bitter (Bottle)

Brewed by Theakston
Style: Bitter
Masham, England

Bottle, 4.1%. Weak citric aroma. Clear pale golden colour, small white head. The flavour is slightly sweet, hint of dust and fruit. Grainy finish.

Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, grass, some earth and a bit barnyard. Flavour is malts, hops and some earth. Finish is bitter wood.

Clear golden with large white head. Fruity aroma with mild hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with notes of peach, caramel and floral hops. Ends mild bitter.

From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008 Pale malt and hop aromas. Clear golden coloured and hoppy with a little dryness and bitterness in a crisp malt finish.

A Mes rate: bottle at Chris O’s Post GBBF Tasting.
Very pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Grassy and floral with some faint wheaty notes, pale malt and some fruity hops in the finish. Dull.

Bottle, pasteurised, 500ml from Sainsburys, Banbury. Straw to gold, carbonation, white head. Sharp CO2 notes right from the start, quite thin but with a sharpish, lagery note on a dryish body. Some citric notes with a touch of cedar. Long finish but ultimately quite dull.

Bottle that I’d picked up from Sainsbury’s Kidlington, Oxon, consumed 28-08-08 Noticing Glens rating of this made me realise that I had one of these down the shed, half forgotten, one of my garden beers that I don’t have to think about. Pours light golden with a white head. Some fruitiness on the nose but nothing like peach was detected. Taste was slightly bitter, little fruity quite drying at end, this is the second time that I’ve had this over the summer sadly it was as uninspiring as when drank on the first occasion.

500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Pale gold with no head and moderate carbonation. Fruity malt aroma with a touch of peppery hop. Flavour had plenty of chewy malt, peach fruit and a decent bitter finish. An enjoyable summer ale.