Bass (Cask)
Cask: Regular.
Contract brewed by Marston for Interbrew UK.
Also known as "Draught Bass"
Brewed to 4.4% abv, Draught Bass is still brewed to an original recipe using only the finest ingredients and the experience of generations. It is brewed with two strains of yeast to produce a complex nutty, malty taste with subtle hop undertones, which has widespread appeal to repertoire drinkers.
Contract brewed by Marston for Interbrew UK.
Also known as "Draught Bass"
Brewed to 4.4% abv, Draught Bass is still brewed to an original recipe using only the finest ingredients and the experience of generations. It is brewed with two strains of yeast to produce a complex nutty, malty taste with subtle hop undertones, which has widespread appeal to repertoire drinkers.
2.9
179 reviews
Luton, England
Community reviews
Fra cask på Ancient Briton, Pen y Cae. Mørk nøttebrun. Lavt luftig skum. Lett fruktaroma. Smaken litt plommer med malten diskret i bakgrunnen. Behagelig tørr ettersmak. Velbehandlet cask!
Cask half pint, as Bass Premium Ale, at The Peirson, St. Helier. Copper colour. Malty aroma with hints of caramel. The nutty flavour has fairly decent hops. Maybe not as great as I remember it from 1974, but still okay.
500 ml can. Clear brown color with minimal white head. Smells some caramel and barley. Taste are medium sweet caramel and barley with some toffee and some hidden hops notes. Medium aftertaste pleasant caramel notes and toffee sweetness.
Aroma: Medium biscuit. Light earthy
Appearance: Brilliant, amber body. Small, white head. Fine bubbles. Good retention.
Flavour: Medium-light bitterness. Medium-light biscuit. Slightly dry, bitter finish with biscuit notes.
Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Light carbonation.
Overall: Slightly sweeter than expected. Very easy drinking.
Cask
11C. Strong Bitter
The Sun Inn in Stockton serves the best pint of Bass in the land! 3 quarters of a pint, left to settle and then topped up.
Hand-pulled in Ferry Boat Inn, Ullapool, Scotland. Pours brown and very creamy, texture remains creamy for a considerable time. Along its malty notes comes a gentle but distinct bitterness.
Lunchtime pints at Simpsons on Cornhill. It's always a bizarre place with overly familiar service, tables and benches made of old Lloyd's of London booths and quite high prices. And the beer is served way too cold for my liking. Anyway, I had two pints of draft Bass to wash down a mixed grill. This is a rare beer to find on draft and the first pint was nice, but the second had an odd flavour to it. Not enough to send it back, but quite metallic. This wasn't the best beer I have had and I much prefer the Bass from cans in the supermarket. The very large glass of port that we had with the stewed cheese at the end of lunch was however excellent. I love the City!
Pours hazy copper with low white head. Aroma of bread and citrus. Taste is mild nutty and bready sweet with a light bitter finish. Light and smooth body with soft carbonation.
Well kept Draught Bass can be found in most areas of the UK - you just have to find the right pubs. Along with Morland’s Speckled hen it’s the standard by which I judge other bitters these days. It’s a genuine traditional UK bitter made in Burton with no frills attached.
Cask at the Cask & Barrel, Broughton St. Pours clear amber with a creamy white head. Paler than I thought it would be. Aromas of floral hops, light lemon and caramel. Taste has a mineral bite, sweet oat biscuits. Tangy bitter lemon finish. Nice.
Good English pint, appeals to both Northern and Southern tastes, good heart, good head, solid as an English oak, belongs in proper non chain pubs, tasty beer with great body. Good with crisps, nuts, sandwiches. Pinta Bass please landlord.
Pint at bar in a hotel. Sounds good already! Poured mid brown and cloudy. Aroma vaguely sweet and malty. Taste bland and watery. Nothing to get excited about.
Jug straight out of the cask @ Dyffryn Arms, Pontfaen, Wales. Mental. Rather light and thin taste of course, not a lot going on besides a mild sweetness. But worth it to experience in a timewarp place like this.
Two hand pulled cask pints in The Golden Lion, Boston, Lincolnshire on 6th June 2015. Really surprised to see I have never written about this beer before. Burton-on-Trent Classic. Tawny brown with a full head on both pints. Lovely blend of malt and hops mashed with water that does not have to be ’Burtonised’ . Light caramel biscuit aroma and taste, but more complex than that. Just a good beer.
Cask at O’Neills, Dublin. It pours a light golden color with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of toffee and citrus peel. Taste has notes of grains, toffee, biscuit, some milder tropical fruit hops and resin notes. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Overall, decent
Pint at the Tempest Coleby. Always my go to pint when I was younger. But returning to it I was a touch disappointed. An ok bitter.
Served straight from the cask at the excellent Star Inn, Bath. Deep amber colour with a small white head. Aroma of biscuit malts, caramel, hint of nut. Light sweetness and bitterness. Texture a little thin. Low level of carbonation. Decent enough beer.
Cask at the Brewery Tap, Burton. Never tried BASS so gave it a go. Deep gold little head, bit tasteless really, malt light caramel, yeasty. Plain.
Cask at The Fountain, Leek. A clear amber colour with a thin white head. Aroma of sweet bready malt, slight caramel, subtle yeast and a little biscuit. Taste of caramel, some biscuit, slight yeast, a little apple, a hint of mineral and subtle spicy hops. Light bodied and soft carbonation. A sweetish, slightly yeasty, soft malty bitterness in the finish. Quite sweet and thinner than I remember. Typical bitter but when on form in certain pubs it’s slightly better.
On tap at The Storytellers, Stockton. Pours amber with small white head. Malt, vegetable, light fruity. Bad aftertaste. Not good.
Cask at The Angel, Beverley, N. Humberside. Made a point of seeking out this old friend after the beer was denigrated by a publican at a CAMRA House, during my 2008 visit. Pours amber, clear with full white head. Slight malt aroma. Natural carbonation, nice mouthfeel. Notes of caramel and biscuit. A Burton -on-Trent beer.
Nice white head. Appearance is the best with this ale. Well balanced in taste and aroma but nothing is going on. Juat some malt and hops. However drinkable.
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber, clear, with a lovely white head from the natural carbonation. Light cereal and egg aroma. The taste is caramel bittersweet with eggy sour and slight spice notes. Medium long bitter-sour finish. Mouthfeel too weak for my liking. Enjoyable but nothing special really.
Oct 2014 - Cask at the Falcon, Clapham as ’Bass’. Very pleased to track this down as I remember it featured on a Michael Jackson programme I once watched. Golden orange, totally clear and still, small foamy white head. Aroma doesn’t have a lot to it - malty, soft citrus. Body is light, smooth, low carbonation. Taste is biscuity, smooth malt character, touch of tangy fruit suggeting passionfruit, soft musty bitterness. Slightly watery but this is a very well balanced ale. (3.4)
June 2017 - Cask handpull at The Swan Hammersmith. I’m bearded and reading a CAMRA publication whilst drinking this. So it’s almost a cultural experience. Malty, quite watery, light soapy astringency. Hmm a pretty different impression to last time. Or maybe I’ve changed. (2.7)
On cask at Coachmakers Arms, Hanley. Pours amber with stiff head. Malty hints, an old fashioned bitter. OK.
Cask at the Windsor Castle W8. Amazing I hadn’t rated Bass, seems implausible! Anyway...amber bitter. Malty. Reasonable balance. Sessionable. A bit boring. Ye olde bog standard bitter.
Off white creamy full lasting head. Deep amber colour. Aroma is moderately malty with light grainy and hoppy notes. Flavor is moderately malty with grainy, herbal, hoppy watery tones, ending in a moderately hoppy finish. Light bodied.
Malt aroma more noticeable than other cask beers. Clear light amber with minimal white head. Complex malt notes with hint of acid fruit. Flat. Malty non bitter finish.
Tap@Swiden Hall hotel. Orange haze. Small bubbles (nitrogen!). Smooth. Faint bread notes. No bitterness. Plain.
On cask. Amber. Not much head. Nuts and dried fruits in aroma. Fruity bitterness in taste. Round mouthfeel. Very quaffable