Tasting Notes: Theakston’s Lightfoot Bitter
Brewery: Theakston's
Location: Masham, North Yorkshire, England
ABV: 4.1%
Version: Bottled
Source: Sainsbury's
The back-label explains the cricketer on the front: "Named after an old brewing company we took over in 1919 ... It is rumoured that Lightfoot's were taken over because they had a better cricket team..."
Lightfoot Bitter is an incredibly pale golden colour, lightly effervescent, with a very thin head. It has a distinctly hoppy nose and a very sharp, dry flavour to match - an initial sharp burst of hops, with just a hint of chocolate lurking in the background there?
I couldn't detect the promised 'peach-like' elements, but I'm not a huge fan of peaches, so I'm not sure I'd know what I was looking for. There was a faint tang of something there though, which I'm prepared to concede may have been peach-like.
Overall: a light, easy-drinking, summery bitter that would go very nicely with a ploughman's lunch, especially if both were consumed on a sunny day up in the wilds of the North York Moors...
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I didn't detect much in the way of peaches either. I found the bitter very much dominating the flavour, but it seemed a bit uncontrolled leading to a slightly unpleasant tartness. Personally, not one I'll be rushing out to get again.