Gale's Seafarers Ale / Best Bitter / English Ale (Cask)
Cask: Regular.
Exported as George Gales Best Bitter
A new beer created from an old recipe in the Gales brewing book. Originally available as a seasonal in September, now a regular. A delightful beer full of spicy hop notes with a fruity maltiness.
Five pence from every pint of Seafarers Ale sold will be donated to Seafarers UK, a maritime charity.
Exported as George Gales Best Bitter
A new beer created from an old recipe in the Gales brewing book. Originally available as a seasonal in September, now a regular. A delightful beer full of spicy hop notes with a fruity maltiness.
Five pence from every pint of Seafarers Ale sold will be donated to Seafarers UK, a maritime charity.
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214 reviews
Chiswick, England
Community reviews
Cask @Mawsons Arms (Fuller’s), Londres 06/08/18
Color ambarino corona de espuma blanca, aromas maltosas caramelo, sabor caramelo, malta cuerpo medio.
Cask at LHR
Pours clear amber with off-white head.
Aroma is malty. Tastes bitter, somewhat watery, long bitter aftertaste. Okay.
Rødgylden klar skum hvid
Malt citrus bær
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Vandede flad
Aroma of fruits, caramel, malt and grass. Amber with a white head. Medium sweet and medium bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. Dry finish. Overall a refreshing and easy drinkable Bitter.
A mellow low hop ale with plenty of biscuit and graham cracker flavour. Not big, not bold, but a soft sipping session ale. Decent enough for a casual afternoon.
Had first pint of Seafarers at Jakes in Abergele where it was a guest beer. First pint went done well with a beautiful smooth taste. Recommend to all ale drinkers
A bit sweet, taste of rybread. Hints of syrup. A bit caramely. Low bitterness. Bready finish.
Cask (Angleterre, Helsinki). Clear golden color. Small size, off-white head, stays. Grainy, light hops in aroma. Grainy and mild hops in taste. Kind of flat and bland mouthfeel. Drinkable brew.
Pint on tap at some pub in Shoreham. Zero carbonation. Ephemeral and lightweight in every respect. Lightly bitter, watery.
Pours clear dark yellow with very low head. Aroma sweetish and sorta citrusy. Flavour subtily honey like sweet. No hops anywhere. Finish as name would suggest... bitter. Very low carbo, cask- duh. Average beer all in all. Low ABV makes it drinkeable but otherwise nothing special.
Biscuity malt smell hint of citrus fruit. Taste Is biscuity malt. Bit watery but that's normal for low abv. Nice pint
Tried on first trip to Great Britain in 2010. Nice golden ale, crisp and dry. A little spicy and a lingering sweetness.
A bitter is a hell of a beer to start with on a beer tasting gig. Especially for someone who has to adjust to this type of beer. Being open minded I realize this is a beer type that one must drink a few to get the hang off. I am generally positively encourage by this beer and the taste notes.
Clear, deeper gold colored, no off white head. Aroma is malty and biscuity, yeasty with some fruit notes, bit grassy, quite bland. Taste is light sweet malty biscuit, light toffee, fruity and yeasty notes, grassy light+ bitterness, bit harsh, dryish finish, bready. Light bodied, flat carbonation, watery. (cask)
Gezapft in einem Pub in London. Mitteleres Bernstein, klar, fester Schaum. Aroma: Zitrus, hopfig. Geschmack: Erdig, leicht cremig, blumig, wässrig, sehr leichte Bitterness, fruchtig im Nachgang
Cask at GBBF 2009. (Backlog / historic rating from old records. NO tasting notes except "Disappointing.") (Backlog)
(2017 London) 1 Pint Cask @ Queens Arms (Kensington). Clear amber, tanned head, mocha. Caramel, toffee sugar, butterscots sweet UK malts nose, very nice. Taste is caramel, toffee, sweet round UK malts, candy, biscuit, caramel. Lovely round malty cask body. Very neat straightforward sweet malts, surprisingly lovely. Scores are quite low on here but I liked it a lot.
Cask at The Cock Inn, Leek (Joules) A clear deep golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma of bready malts, caramel, a hint of fruit and subtle earthy hops. Taste of caramel, some bready malts, a little cream, a hint of fruit and subtle earthy hops. Light bodied and soft carbonation. A soft, dryish, malty bitterness in the finish. A simple but quintessential English bitter. Solid.
Cask @ The Wadkin, Nr Selby, N. Yorkshire.
Nice pour, light golden body. Limited nose. Taste-wise nice malt with a biscuit sweetness.
Easy drinking....
Tap. Dark golden color, slightly yellowish foam. Delicate aroma: flowers, light fruit esters, malt and light sweetness. Taste: malty, a little biscuit, light fruit shades, berry jam, watery, pleasant mild hop bitterness, very drinkable.
Very light, refreshing and easy-drinking. Highly recommend to drink in summer.
On tap at The Royal Oak, Guildford, England-- Pours clear olden with thin white head. Nose is absent. Aromas is bready and caramel. Low carbonation, low body. Short finish. Boring.
Very light and easy to drink and reasonably pleasant. Not the very best but by no means the worst and I'd certainly have again
Cask at the Counting House. A true English session bitter and I had forgotten just how good this beer can be. A good flavour of biscuit malt, perfectly balanced by some bitter hops. It looked great in the glass and perfectly complemented the pie & chips and catch-up with a good friend over lunch. This was perfectly kept and served and, in my opinion, a brilliant expression of how good a proper English bitter can be. Flavoursome, appealing texture, low abv, great to look at and a pleasure to drink.
0,5l from cask @ Angleterre. Pours clear golden with a medium head. Aroma is slightly fruity malts. Flavor is fruity malts with some hops. Good.
Cask. Very light, both in color and flavor, but also very pleasant. It’s balanced and subtle, with a refreshing, crisp maltiness and a light bit of floral hoppiness at the end.
Tap (keg, but this ABV). Light amber with a small white head. Aroma of biscuit, peach, light spices.
Light bodied certainly, but not quite watery.
Biscuit, butterscotch.
Fruit gets a little lost.
Firm spicy bitterness at end
Nice quaffable golden bitter. Very much the sort of beer you could have a pint of at lunchtime and still be useful in the afternoon.
Cask. Golden copper color. Earthy and slightly fruity hop aroma, rich buttery caramel and biscuity malt. Awesome.
Cask at Euston Flyer. Pours clear golden with small unsteady white head. Aroma is weak pine. Taste is high bitter, grassy, heavy bready malt.
clear golden colour, moderate sized dense white head; aroma of floral, zesty and grainy notes with some fresh cut grass; taste of malty sweerness with honey, slight citrusy notes annd minimal bitterness; watery like a typical English bitter