Wednesday 1 June 2011

Back in the swing with Bay's Gold

First of all, my apologies! I have been totally away from blogging for about half a year! As of now I will be rekindling my ale blog and my main day to day blog, so stay tuned. Someone made me realise that blogging and keeping a record of your life is far too cool to not do. So in order to not, not, be awesome... I am blogging again.

In the time between now and my last post, I now actually work in a pub that serves guest ales on a regular basis, so expect regular updates as of now.

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I thought I would start with a Bay's beer. I live in Torbay, in fact, only a short walk away from the brewery. They have established themselves well in the local market and set up a lot of deals with local pubs so they are permanently on tap.

Me and my drinking partners have always been, lets say, rather critical of Bay's beers. In general we have found them to have not a very good head and be a bit tasteless. My personal opinion of them is that they are drinkable, no doubt, but quite watery.

Today, I had a pint of Bay's staple beer- "Bay's Gold", despite my previous reservations.


The colour of the beer was pale, but not the palest I have seen. It had a nice hoppy bitter taste to it, but once again disappointingly like other Bay's ales, no real head at all. It was not as watery as some of the Bay's beer I have tried, but still pretty thin. Again, I have had thinner beers.

On the whole, I would say by no means is this a bad beer. It tastes fine, but it wouldn't be my first choice if there was something else I liked. It is pretty safe to have at 4.3% ABV, and so in conclusion I deem this an acceptable session beer. I prefer my session beers a bit smoother, but the thin quality of Bay's Gold didn't allow that. My impression of Bay's in general have gone up, and I would recommend it because it is locally brewed.

However, for someone who is just starting out with drinking ales, if you try this, do not assume this is what really good beer is like. Bay's Gold is fine, and I will enjoy a pint of it, but there are plenty of lovely ales with all sorts of attributes that can make you never want to go back to drinking lager.

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