Bailout Bitter
Howe Sound Inn & Brewing Company

Bailout BitterBailout Bitter
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From:
Howe Sound Inn & Brewing Company
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
English Bitter
ABV:
5%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.95 | pDev: 9.62%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
37
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 01, 2014
Added:
Dec 20, 2008
Wants:
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Gots:
  1
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Ratings by Fatehunter:
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Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon

3.45/5  rDev -12.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - I bought this bottle totally off the label. "Bailout Bitter." Love it. Poured into a stein, golden to copper color, transparent with a quarter inch of head that quickly sank into the beer.

S - Malty smell, wet hay and honeysuckle.

T - Slight sweetness and quickly followed by a moderate bitterness. Well balanced.

M - Light body and moderate carbonation that dances in the mouth.

D - Very drinkable and sessionable bitter. Nothing fancy, just a good beer.
Feb 23, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by R_Kole from Canada (AB)

Nov 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by maplesyrup76 from Canada (AB)

Oct 07, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by BRYeleJR from Massachusetts

Jul 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by Coastal_Brew from Canada (BC)

Jul 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by KStark from Canada (BC)

May 24, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by timiskin from Canada (ON)

Apr 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by KalanM from Canada (BC)

Nov 29, 2012
 
Rated: 4.25 by urbantornado from Minnesota

Nov 28, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by beerhaver from Canada (ON)

May 08, 2012
 
Rated: 4.5 by bottlerocket24 from Canada (AB)

Apr 27, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by acurtis from New Jersey

Jan 15, 2012
 
Rated: 4.5 by TheBarnes from Canada (AB)

Jan 11, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by EskimoDave from Canada (BC)

Nov 21, 2011
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Reviewed by 4000qtrap from Missouri

3.1/5  rDev -21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Source/Serving: Bottle

S: Straw and corn husk, fields of wild greens, fruit stems, fresh light toast, punky wood.

T: Smooth and pure bread notes up front with a touch of floral and herbal notes. Neither sweet nor bitter. Fairly thick body and slightly oily. In the middle it has a deep, but not too intense, resiny, oily, grassy, herbal bitterness. Malts sweeten to match maintaining the bread but adding a touch of caramel. Some yeastiness comes in which continues to the finish which is a little dry and grassy bitter with lingering oily/musky herbs.
May 01, 2011
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Reviewed by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

4.3/5  rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Had this a long while back but didn't take any rating notes, but I know its a tasty treat so got another big bottle
A - clear golden with a tall fluffy white head, left some random sticky lacing
S - smells of a distinct crips pilsner hop odour, light orange citrus, toasty grains, and a peppery note
T - a very saaz hop taste of crisp grassiness, moves to a more herbal hop taste with a toasty and toffee malt character, with the grassy hop taste lingering
M - light with medium carbonation, thin smoothness, finishing dry and nicely bitter
O - it starts like a pilz and ends with a very ESB character, and that mix makes it both very tasty, drinkable, and interesting. I hope that they have decided to keep this in the regular rotation.
Apr 22, 2011
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Reviewed by tempest from New York

4.05/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Split a 1L swing-top with a friend. Man, I wish it were easier to find beers like this. It's drinkable, balanced, fresh, and damned tasty. The malts brings dry bready toast character with light hints of caramel malt sweetness. The hops are grassy and floral with a lemony edge. This is a great full-flavored session beer. More please.
Apr 20, 2011
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Reviewed by CrazyMike from Canada (AB)

4.2/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Cloudy amber appearance with lots of head that rapidly disappears. Aroma is citrus and grainy with a hint of caramel.

Taste is similar to the smell, lots of citrus and caramel malt. Picked up bread and bitter hops. Medium bodied with good carbonation, very crisp. Aftertaste is bitter and malty.

Overall, interesting taste and drinkable. The label alone gives it character and temptation to get it. If you can pick it up before it goes off the shelves, you should experience it.
Jan 15, 2011
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Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas

3.06/5  rDev -22.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Thanks to AmericanBrew for sharing this bottle.

The beer pours a golden color with a large white head. The aroma is grain, lemons and oranges. There is a lot of hop aroma in this for an ESB, but it doesn't meld together all that well.

The flavor is not quite like the aroma. The two main flavor components are grain and lemons. Very low bitterness.

Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
Dec 22, 2010
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Reviewed by biegaman from Canada (ON)

3.95/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Each style of beer, like our own genetics, is built on a plan coded by genes (which, for beer, could be considered the ingredients: malts, hops, etc). The nature and ratio of those ingredients (mineral content in the water, the characteristics of different yeasts, etc) determine everything that define the beer - how it looks, smells, tastes, etc.

But each recipe is liable to change every time it's copied. These slight variations distinguish one country or region's brewing traditions from the other, allow for creative interpretation and, again like our own genetics, increase the chances of survival by distinguishing itself for natural selection (which, in this case, means being selected off the shelf).

Adding copious amounts of fruity, piny hops to traditional styles is one such change to beer's "genes", and is part of a new movement that rules in many places, the United States first and foremost, although other countries around the world now too. It has yet to *really* catch on in Canada, but it seems to have in Squamish, British Columbia.

Pink, fruity bubblegum, gooey pine serum and spruce tips are sure indicators. These notes are present not only in smell but in taste as well. Accompanied by toffee and rich malts they make for a flavour that is so big it spills over into the mouthfeel, with sharp acidity and caramel sweetness sweeping over the palate like windshield wipers.

The more I drink the more I like this beer. I readily accepted its light copper colour and puffy head as attractive, but only now can I see the allurement of its intricate lacing. I wouldn't mind the entire 1 liter bottle to myself and only wish I could go back to the store for another. If I were Howe Sound I'd consider this as a possible flagship brand.

Bailout Bitter and this brewery's Devil's Elbow IPA are clearly cousins under the skin. Both are emphatically hoppy variations on classic English styles and point to a new, exciting, far more brazen character of Canadian brewing. These 'genetic mutations' inevitably give them an inherent advantage to traditional (read: less characterful, more mundane) offerings.
Nov 15, 2010
Bailout Bitter from Howe Sound Inn & Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 37 ratings