Uncle Teddy's Bitter - Cask Conditioned from Victory Brewing Company

Uncle Teddy’s Bitter is a cask conditioned bitter. Victory had 3 cask conditioned beers on tap and we chose this one since it isn't one of their beers we've had before. They do seem to serve this on nitro but that was not available when we went.

Color:

pale golden red, unfiltered looking, SRM ~11

ABV:

3.9%

Glass:

Nonic

Smell:

yeast and mild malts, mostly yeast, sort of bready

Taste:

Uncle Teddy’ Bitter is the complete opposite of Victory’s CBC Belgian Triple. It is yeasty and quite bready. It has a smooth taste and almost creamy feel with no tartness. It is very yeasty, though it is cask conditioned so there is some expectation for yeasty-ness. There weren't any heavy hops, floral or bitter tastes. It even had a slight yeasty aftertaste. It has a nice medium mouthfeel, which worked well with the breadyness of the beer. If it had a heavy mouthfeel, I may have thought I was drinking bread. It’s a good beer; it’s just not my pint.

Rating:

This is a very different form of bitter. With it’s bready, yeasty taste it was different but I’m not personally a fan. If you really like yeasty beer you will like this, but it just wasn't for me. We’d get it again but Victory has so many beers on tap, that it we would definitely try others first.