Tasting Notes: Bath Ales Dark Hare
Brewer: Bath Ales
Location: Warmley, Bristol
ABV: 4.0%
Version: bottled
Source: a cafe in Bradford On Avon
I was visiting Bradford for a day's work on a screenplay project with a good mate of mine. We hit the cafe for lunch (fantastic food ... forget the old greasy spoon image), and they had a fine selection of Bath Ales at very reasonable prices. It would have been rude not to. Leaving Bradford that evening I'd had a parking ticket (even though I parked ten feet beyond the end of double yellow lines in a place where there were no 'no parking' signs grumble spit ...), so I was thinking, This beer better be bloody good to make up for that.
I needn't have worried. Dark Hare is labelled as 'deliciously wholesome stout', and delicious it most certainly is. It pours a gorgeous chocolate brown, and the aroma echos that appearance. It's taste is smooth and light, yet rich with defined tastes of chocolate, burnt toffee and roasted barley. If anything the taste improved as the glass emptied, and I sat there thinking of where the traffic warden was that evening ... and hoping that he or she was at home somewhere drinking cooking lager, pleased with a job well done.
This stout is thoroughly recommended, and I'd also point you towards Bath Ales' Website where you can buy their products for very reasonable prices. Top notch.
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Ah, another fine stout one to look out for... :)
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