Bazen's Pacific Bitter

Last Wednesday afternoon I managed to get along to the Ealing beer festival which was held in Warpole park. For those of you who have never been before, the Ealing beer festival is one of the better regional CAMRA events held in central London. In general you do not get the hardcore tribe of anorak or fleece wearing tickers with their plastic bags and grizzly beards. The crowd is more relaxed than the usual beer festival, and the fact that it's held outdoors in an attractive garden makes it a pleasant way to spend an evening. First up I opted to go for Pacific Bitter (3.8% abv) from Richard and June Bazen's Brewery. The Brazens' Brewery is located in Salford and is a relative newcomer to the brewing scene being established only in 2002. The brewing expertise is provided by Richard, who has been a brewer at Phoenix, Haywood; Bridgewater Ales; and also Holt, Plant and Deakin. Pacific Bitter is a light amber coloured ale, which is pretty tasty! So tasty in fact that of all the beers that I had last Wednesday I am going to say that this one was the best. The beer has a nice fruity aroma, which passes by to a solid malt taste, with a dry citrus laden bitter aftertaste. A nice beer. According to the website, the beer is made from the original Bridgewater Ale's Navigator recipe which was one of CAMRA's top 100 beers in 2000.

For those of you who may not be 100% sure of what a ticker looks like, the picture below is of a lone ticker identified from the crowd last Wednesday.