Bass (Can and bottle)

Can and bottle: Filtered.

Has been sold with various descriptions such as, "Our Finest Ale", "Trademark Number One", and "Premium Ale"

2.8

169 reviews

Preston, England

Community reviews

2.8 Cheap and quite cheerful. Darkish, bland ish. Drinkable at £1. Classic beer of yesteryear. Barely in the running but still worthy.

2.7 Bottle from Asda. Clear orange appearance with nice white head. Aroma is malty and toffee. Flavour is bitter and slightly hoppy.

3.1 Amber colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some toasted malts. Not as pungent as it used to be. Nice historic ale though.

4.8 This is not cutting edge mindblowing beer - if you want something special and exciting, go for something else, but there is a time and a place for this kind of beer and in its own unfashionable way it is bloomin delicious. Don't get me wrong, I love the extreme fruity IPAs and the intense stouts/porters, and get excited by them, but sometimes, just sometimes, you want something simple and comforting. It's like those times when you don't want to go out for caviar and lobster or some kind of exotic foreign food but you are just in the mood for good old cheese on toast, or bread and butter pudding - very simple and some would say boring, but very comforting and delicious. This beer has stood the test of time and deserves respect even though it's not in fashion at the moment.

2.0 A bit disappointing given its heritage, but then who brews it now? Bland and boring. Not as good as other trad pale ales. No aroma, nothing to speak of on the palate.

2.9 Bitter and malty, not too fruity tones and quite subtle hops.

2.2 A macro bitter. Light and lots of straw and grass. Has a cardboardy finish. Tried for the first time in 2007.

2.5 Keg (not nitro) halfpint at Beaumont House, Dublin. Served very cold. Deep golden to brown colour, white head. Moderate aroma, some malts. Dry flavour with some bittering hops, lacks depth or complexity.

4.0 Draught at the New Inn, Tywardreath; rated here as it is described in The Beerhunters Top 500. Aroma: hay, bread. Appearance: clear amber, absolutely no head. Palate: light-bodied and thin, flat carbonation, bitter finish with pear drops. Taste: medium bitter, insubstantial and low ABV, but very complex and good. Very refreshing.

3.0 Bottle. Dark amber coloured. Decent head with lots of lacing. Mild aroma of nuts, malts, toffee and honey. Taste is malty, slighty nutty and a dose of honey. Toffee and Sulphur. Aftertaste shows some hops. Medium to strong carbonation. Creamy. Not outstanding but nice and easy.

3.8 A very drinkable and tasty pale ale that I have thoroughly enjoyed. Good flavour and a surprisingly nice mouth feel for a canned beer.

3.3 500 can. Really nice beer. Not one of the absolute best but definitely a very nice beer.

3.6 Bottle. Pours medium walnut amber with bubbles. Scent is nuts, resin, and a bit of honey. Taste is pale ale with nice nutty malt qualities. Honey. Finish is smooth and crisp and with a faint stickiness that resides in your mouth without leaving sugar or any stickiness on lips. Great.

2.7 500ml Bottles from Asda, Co-Op, Wirksworth, Derbyshire etc. Sampled in 1998, 2003, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2021. Amber coloured with a thin white head. It has a gentle malty, toffee and slight sulphur note followed by caramel and toffee on the spicy finish. Not bad.

2.7 500ml bottle from Asda. Pours clear pale amber with medium tan head. Little aroma, some maltiness comes through. Flavour is all malt. Not greatly interesting.

3.1 Satisfying English ale. Drying, mild, slightly nutty. Not as bad as the overall rating shows. Really satisfying.

2.6 Nice amber color, clear, no head. Mild bitter smell, smooth taste worth clean finish. Not allot of flavor.

2.7 How the mighty are fallen! Years ago when I started drinking in pubs a pint of Bass cost you about £1.30 and was very variable, was supposedly hard to keep, but could be lovely. It was still brewed at Burton well into the 90s and even had its own museum. Now it is reduced to an Asda ’loss leader’ for £1 a bottle. There is still some trace of the old taste, but the maltiness is sadly diluted and there’s very little finish. Mind you for a bottled beer bitter in a supermarket it’s no worse, possibly better, than some of the others, and it is definitely value for money.

3.5 A strong smell of malt and hops, light bitter, quite nice. The white head is medium large and foamy with a long duration. The body is dark red. A light bitter malty taste. The body is light to medium strong, creamy and dry with a normal carbonation.

2.6 Bottle. Clear golden ale with a bubbly white head. Not much aroma. Flavour is standard bitter. Bitter, hoppy and a touch of fruit. Not much else to it, and this bottled version is watery compared to cask but it’s alright.

2.4 Miedziowy kolor z biala piana ktora szybko zanika. Wyrazny posmak slodowo chmielowy. Slodkawe z nuta orzechowo owocowa. Orzezwiajace

2.1 Origin: Bottle. Vessel: Bottle. Supplier: ASDA (Bristol). Light and lagery with a slightly restrained character.

1.8 disagree with jnsrgnt I’d rather drink a cold stella anyday, same bought a 4 pack 500ml cans at a local english food shop was expecting much more looks good but 1st smell gave it away just another cheap english bitter & barely drinkable

2.5 500ml bottle. Clear, copper colour with a thin white head. Sweet, malt aroma, taste is sweet, syrupy with a bitter finish. Not unlike a macro lager tbh. Unremarkable, but ok

2.4 Very middle of the road bitter not much aroma taste toffee hint of floral sold in a bottle as trademark no1

1.6 Four pack for £2.50 in Tesco, reduced to clear presumably. Figured I’d try this as it was cheap and I’ve never had it before, but with pretty low expectations. Odd vomit/toe cheese aroma at the start, and then all other aspects are a bit like an extra strength version of those 2% supermarket own brand economy bitters you get. Adjuncts and extracts everywhere, doesn’t taste like it’s touched an actual hop. No real body to it. Bitterness develops, but it’s a nasty chemical bitterness. Cold, though, it’s drinkable enough. Offered a choice between a cold Stella and another one of these, I’d take this.

3.4 Has this one after a lot of years thiking about it. Quite fine for a regular ale on bottle. Nothing special just drinkable.

1.9 Bottle from Asda, Enniskillen [240815] Dark amber, clear, frothy white head, slight lacing Aroma - dab of caramel, bit artificial fruit notes, not much on the nose overall Taste of light caramel, some odd fruit notes, cardboardy, not much flavour and what’s there is poor Palate - Medium carb, light body, soft sweet, watery. Finish is slightly dry, hint of bitter twigs in the tail Overall - Difficult to drink this as the flavour is very poor. Not worth a £1 a bottle. Crap.

2.1 Meh. Very light even for the style. prefer the can to the bottle, but really neither do much for me. smooth and easy drinking, perhaps?

3.3 Pours claer, golden. Small amount of off-white head. Aroma is fruity and grassy. Medium sweet, medium bitter. A bit mineral on the finish.