Patron Saint
City Of Cambridge Brewery Company Limited

A seasonal ale, brewed to celebrate the St. George's Day on 23 April every year. Bottle-conditioned, 500ml brown bottle. BBE Apr. 07, served cool in a straight imperial-pint glass.

A: pours a clear and bright copperish hue with a foamy off-white beer head, sitting on top of a moderately carbonated body.
S: sweet malty and a raw-ish chest-nutty overtone covers a deep scent of citrus-hoppyness, while a deeper tinge of brown-sugar/toffee sustains firmly underneath. Not complex but pleasant.
T: a mild toffee-ish maltiness balanced with fruity hops and underlying nutty notes; turning dryish in the aftertaste, suggesting some dried-herbal sweetness and leafy bitterness felt strongly at the sides of the tongue, making a rather clean and dry finish along with a faintly sweet trace of roast-nutty malts.
M&D: the bottle-conditioning of this beer is a success, with yeast sediments tightly attached to the bottom of the bottle, and results in ideal fizzy condition which makes a soft and smooth palate while retaining indispensable liveliness; the medium body is balanced, with equal inputs from both malts and hops, just ideal for a more-ish type Best Bitter. Overall the delicate balance is perhaps the strongest point, otherwise it could be just indistinguishable from other malty best bitters... for its slight lack of flavours.