500 ml bottle of a 4.2$ ABV beer - 120 calories in the bottle - in NZ this is 1.66 standard drinks.
Of course being Tribute I did my own tribute and Googled it - St Austell named for Austol - a 6th-century Cornish holy man who lived for much of his life in Brittany.
He was a companion of Saint Méen in the foundation of the Saint-Méen Abbey in Brittany. Meven is said to have been his godfather. The parish and town of St Austell in Cornwall is named in his honour. He is regarded as a saint, with a Breton feast day of 28 June and a Cornish one of the Thursday of Whitsun.
This has a strong bready note on opening, Pours more orange yellow and not what was I expecting which was perhaps a dark beer (dark label therefore.... ) Head fades away quickly.
Aroma just british bitter yeasty bread.
Underwhelmed is what I am, aside from this having more malt in the backbone there isn't anything that you'd tip your hat to.
The pdubyah-o-meter says again 5. Average. But that this makes commercial sense must mean that they know their market.
I wish I'd picked something else in my fridge to be honest.
- Am I enjoying it? Not at all
- Would I have another? No.
- Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? No, not even for it's inoffensiveness.
BITTER
A gold to copper color, low carbonation and medium to high bitterness. Hop flavor and aroma may be non-existent to mild. Great to drink with steak and lobster.
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