Tasting Notes: MyBreweryTap Mixed Case part 3
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Into the second half of the box I delve.
Penpont Roughtor
Situated on the northern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, the Penpont Brewery has only been operating since December 2008 and has three beers on offer, of which this 4.7% amber ale (pronounced Row-tor and named after the second tallest hill in Cornwall) was the second to be produced. It’s dark amber in colour with a floral hoppy aroma and some grassy notes. Flavour is quite citrusy but not overly so, with some grapefruit and lemon character, and a nicely balanced bitterness providing a very pleasant zingy attack down the sides of the tongue, leading into some sweet malt on the dryish finish. There’s quite a chewy texture which makes it a bit heavier than I’ve come to expect from my, admittedly limited, experience of amber ales. An interesting one all in, well worth sampling.
Saffron Blonde
The Saffron Brewery set up operations in May 2006 near Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire and has 8 beers to choose from. Saffron Blonde is 4.3% and with a name like that, it’s an expected rich mid gold colour. The aroma is light and fruity, with nothing really standing out as a dominant smell. That light, fruity nature comes through in the taste as well, with an added warm malty finish. The second half of the bottle lets more caramel malt come through, the bitterness develops a bit more and the dry character falls back. Overall, it’s perhaps a bit thin in body but that makes it easy drinking and refreshing, which is really what I want from a summer ale. Not outstanding, but does the job.
Wooden Hand Cornish Buccaneer
We’ve sampled beer from Cornwall’s Wooden hand Brewery here before and found them reliable so I was interested in seeing how this offering would fare. Cornish Buccaneer is 4.3% and a slightly cloudy, mid-amber colour, with a light fruity aroma with a touch of earthiness. Flavour is very much of hoppy fruitiness to the fore, with some malt hiding in the background, but there was an underlying dry grassy element adding some harshness that I felt unbalanced the overall flavour, to its detriment.
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