Bass Pale Ale
Bass Brewers Limited

 

 

 

Cask at the Roebuck. Light amber pour, creamy off-white head. Bready, caramelly malty aroma. Taste follows, sweet and smooth, malty, caramel. Creamy, mouthfeel. Wow!

 

Looks better than it taste. Quite a watery brew. Nothing special here. Move along.

Easy drinking sessionable beer that has a Secret Identity as the bottom layer of a Black & Tan, with fresh Guinness on top. It’s a classic combo that really works.
Bass on its own is OK too.,.

 

 

 

Truly enjoy this stuff. It also acted as a gateway to my mid-90s transition to craft beers. Nice colored pour. Smooth, semi-sweet malt backbone. Balance and clean finish. I've heard it's gone downhill due to acquisition, but not sure about that.

Very smooth for an Ale. Very much a session drinker. No hard flavors, just smooth notes. A hint of sweetness. Has a good head and some lacing on the glass. Don't know why it's not more popular. I go to it often as an after work refreshment.

Poured from bottle to nonic pint glass. Looks clear copper with a cream colored head. Lots of very active carbonation and the head thins out a bit but remained for a few minutes. Left some nice lacing in the glass. Smell is kind of a generic malt with some grainy, metallic AAL aromas kicking in. Not much there of any note. Taste kind of follows nose with a sort of "beefed up" AAL vibe. It's clean, it's vibrant, but it doesn't give me much depth or hop presence. Really coming off as more of a lager than ale. Feel is light, evervescent, easy to drink. Overall, I bought a 12 pack to mix up black and tans. Worked well for the mix. On its own, Bass isn't one I'd revisit often. Not a bad beer, nor is it offensive, but if I'm looking for an English pale ale, I'd look elsewhere for something a bit more flavorful.

 

 

 

An old favorite of mine. Really malty, not much aroma. Not too complex but delicious.

 

I had this in an English Pub, well it was American but they were trying to be English, they had spotted dick on the menu. Fish and Chips, sandwiches with "crisps" and the waitresses had uniforms on. They would be open for soccer tournaments but they played regular football, baseball and hockey. They served this beer, I tried it and it was good. It tastes better than brown ales. This taste better than Rolling Rock Pale Ale too. English love their bitter ales and this is one of them. There are better Ales in England I know that, but this one is good enough to take a footing in American pubs.