Wye Valley Butty Bach

Brewed by Wye Valley
Style: Bitter
Hereford, England

Bottle at YNWA. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma of malts, caramel and hops. Fruity flavour of malts, caramel and hops. Hoppy finish.

RB#8700: 50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Mild hoppy aroma with a light fruity note. Mild fruity and medium bitter hops flavoured with a mild citrusy note coming through. Ends with a vague ashtrayish hops note and a mild citrus note.

Bottle, bought @ YNWA, Kolding.
Pours golden with lots of bubbles. A small, frothy, white head on top. Very mild aroma, some bready malts and a bit of citric hops. Highish carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Okay flavour, light malts, some fine, balanced hops, citric and grassy. Still rather dull, though.

Another from the Boat in Redbrook. Amber in colour with as mell of flowery hops with a hint of malt. Tasted of malt with a smooth bitter taste. Lacing stayed on the glass.

Cask, Rock of Gibratler, Enslow. Copper, frothy white head. Soft farmy hops and a bit of apricot aroma. Light apricot sweetness. Not a ton going on, but what’s there is pleasant enough. Decent little pint.

11-Nov-07 (500 ml bottle: Purchased 09-Apr-07 for $5.60 at Liquid Solutions in Tigard, OR and stored in the fridge) Rather simplistic on the palate, but more flavorful than a good many of the English bitters I’ve tried. Unfortunately, the flavor isn’t really all that interesting or enjoyable. It’s a little bready with a pleasant toffee finish, but minimally sweet. The hops are gently spicy while contributing a slight bitterness in the finish. The breadiness is more noticeable as the beer warms, but also, the beer begins giving an impression of saltiness. Not much aroma, mostly toffee with a faint hop backing. Light-medium in body. Carbonation is very lively when sipped, but it’s very soft on the palate and almost immediately subsides. Yeast sediment cakes the bottom of the bottle, and most remained there because the golden-amber body shows only a modest haze. The off-white foam grows to two inches on the pour, and slowly settles to a quarter-inch for most of this lengthy session. Lacing is delicate and doily-like in nature as it leaves patches over much of the glass. Overall, it’s easy to drink, but just a little too easy.

Date: 08/14/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

Appearance: dark yellow, headless,
Aroma: light malt aroma with a hint of floral hops,
Flavor: light malt flavor followed by a nice long bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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Cask (handpump) @ Pennybacks, B1, Birmingham. Clear medium amber color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet, light acidic and bitter, with a average duration. (Sweetness is toffee / butter / caramel, acidic / bitternes is fruit). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.