Bloody hell! I found another one, that's two in a week. Tried Wold Top Bitter on Saturday and thought it had a lovely old fashioned taste. Only 3.7%, it had a wonderful lasting creamy finish. The missus said it reminded her of 80s favourite Castle Eden, at its best and I had to agree.
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
You're a lucky man A&H living in the midst of a real ale oasis!
Titanic brew one or two excellent BBBs, the most recent I've tried being Lifeboat. It's boring, brown and it's bitter but at 4% it's immensely drinkable due in part, I suspect, to Titanic's trademark bitter finish.
I know ROB, 'ob' and I can bang on about it, so I'll pass this time.
I tried Lifeboat a few weeks ago, but it didn't make much of an impression. However, it was sampled well into a session. I've come to the conclusion that BBBs, more than any other style , need to be tried early in a session, ideally on a fresh palate. After very hoppy ales, or those with a full roast character, BBBs just can't compete. A case in point was the Wold Top bitter praised above. When it was my first drink of the day I loved it. However, after a pint of Jaipur, I finished off the wife's and the flavour had been killed stone dead.
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'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.