Batemans XXXB

Today's offering is for my yellow belly mother, she is from Lincolnshire, not far away from the Batemans brewery.

 

 

 

Appearance:

Chestnut with small head that hangs around

Aroma:

Vinous fruits come across first with biscuity malt and a touch of hops and acidity.

Taste:

Ripe vinous fruit at firsts, the malt then comes through followed by a soft pepperiness and slight bitterness. The finish is long alternates between bitter, vinous fruits, malt and earthy hops.

Overall:

A really unusual bitter that shows the variety you can get in British beers it has mean taste characteristics of a trappist double but without the warmth of the alcohol and has that earthiness  which is very nice in my opinion.

8.5/10