Golden Pig

From notes: Interesting brew this, mainly because it has the name and the appearance that would suggest that it is one of the infamous “Golden Ales” that have grown up in England over the last few years as dumbed down, traditional English Bitters. HOWEVER,...

Skinner’s Betty Stogs Bitter

Deliciously sessionable, simple example of an English bitter. Summer 2007 from notes – somewhere in Cornwall! Main characteristics include the biscuit malts, the smooth mouthfeel and the drinkability. This is the kind of beer that one thinks of as being typical...

Golden Seahawk

Another classic English bitter if not quite a classic in its own right. Cask offering at The Well House, Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, England. Summer 2007 from notes. This was offered at the end of the Real Ale Festival at the pub the week before. Very Pale, golden...

Wexford Irish Cream Ale

The points for appearance, mouthfeel and drinkability (all 4.0) for this brew are almost always the same for these “creamy” nitro-can ales. Unfortunately they are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between, and are becomingly increasingly bland...