Pheasant Plucker
Hunter's Brewery

From June 10th at The Woodman with my old English mates. Lasting finish to this nice pint of bitter.

500 ml bottle, from Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger. ABV is 4.3%. Brown to dark amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma of malts, chocolate and dark berries. Malty flavour but fairly dry, slight roast, again notes of chocolate, hints of caramel, a little fruit. Moderate hops. Still much better than expected after reading some other ratings, more than nice enough to drink. Might well buy again.

look: thin head on this one, some bubbles, good lacing, also somewhat creamy looking, like the top of an espresso, not much carbonation within, beer a deep mahogany to ruby red colour.

smell: smoky rich malt, a little coffee, a little sour fruit somewhat like sour cherry maybe, some bitterness, not a strong aroma but a nice one.

taste: super malty toasty smokey flavours at first, a touch of caramel sweetness, some red grape, a lovely mild hoppy bitterness, and just an exquisite finish, smooth and smoky, some fudge, a tad grassy, very very nice.

feel: medium to full bodied, light carbonation, so smooth, so drinkable, the finish is just so good, somewhat dry and crisp.

overall: what a beer, super tasty, quite rich, yet mild in alcohol and sessionable, great stuff.

Christmas Day 2012 ( ten past midnight and I've just finished preparing for later): I need a beer.

500ml bottle conditioned: poured slowly into an 'Old Speckled Hen' badged pint vase.

Nice looking brew: an off-white foaming head sat on top of reddy/brown coloured beer, sadly some of the sediment got out of the bottle so it had a slight hazy hue within the body.

Malts rule the roost: caramel nose and taste but not overly sweet. Pleasant blend of ingrediants with a bitter hop backbone running through the maltiness of the main flavours. An OK beer rather than a great brew: would happily try a cask version given the chance though.