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Timothy Taylor – Landlord Bitter (4.3%)

Posted on November 24, 2009 by andyMogg in Beer Reviews, Breweries & Pubs, Timothy Taylor 6 Comments
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Timothy Taylor’s Landlord is possibly one of most well known beers from Yorkshire and has been around since the year dot, It also happens to be one of my favourite beers and one of those beers that I can’t decide if I prefer it on cask or in bottles.

Last night we went to Vista Mar in Saltburn for their steak night, I wasn’t sure what to expect beer wise as I hadn’t been before and Emily didn’t notice what beers they had on when she was in there last week (she needs more lessons on beer spotting) So I was pleasantly surprised when amongst the mass produced big brand pumps, I noticed a Timothy Taylor Landlord beer mat stuck to the front of one of the pumps. Nice one i thought to my self. Timothy Taylor Landlord

As part of the steak deal you get a bottle of wine,  now I had set eyes on the Landlord I wasn’t really interested in the wine so when the waitress asked if we’d like some drinks I promptly ordered a pint of Landlord, promising Emily it would just be the one and I would help her drink the wine….this turned out to be a bit of a lie – I did help her drink the wine but I also had two more pints of it as did my mate that we were with.

The beer soon arrived and it looked a cracker, lovely deep gold bordering on amber, a lovely thick head, not only did it look delicious it smelt delicious too, nothing really strong just subtle hints of hops, malt and a little bit of fruitiness, which doesn’t really prepare you for the most amazing flavours,It’s malty, zesty, hoppy and a little bit fruity here and there, the lasting hop tingle and bitterness at the end is spicy and delicious.  It feels creamy, thick  in your mouth and above all very smooth and mega drinkable.

I’ve looked at my notes and I have written exactly the same about the bottled version and drank a few weeks back and they were almost exactly the same as the cask version, the one difference being that the bottled versions head maybe wasn’t as creamy, but then you would kind of expect that.

It’s not a complex beer and it’s not a big hitter in terms of hops but in my opinion it is one of the best and most drinkable ales you can get today, whether it be in bottle or cask.

If I’m honest I am pretty surprised that Landlord didn’t make it into the 50 best beers in the recent Independent article – i must remember to ask @zakavery, why? Although to be fair to Zak and those that he complied the list (a great list it is too) It’s bloomin hard to narrow all the beers down into some sort of comprehensive list, you always end up leaving out beers and everyone has an opinion on what should be in there.

Either way I really do suggest you try this beer whether it be on cask or in bottles (or both), try it with steak, fish and chips or pie of your choice and you cant go wrong. You can find more information about it here

Ps The steak was prety amazing too, so good in fact we have booked to go back on Thursday while the girls are away with work.

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6 comments on “Timothy Taylor – Landlord Bitter (4.3%)”

  1. Baron Orm says:
    November 24, 2009 at 14:40

    I’m very lucky, one of my local pubs the ‘Eureka’ always a great cassk conditioned Landlord on tap. Always a lovely pint and so is the Black Sheep Ale they have all the time as well…

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  2. Zak says:
    November 24, 2009 at 22:42

    The writers who contributed to that piece submitted more than their fair share – I’m guessing that about 70-80 beers were submitted. How they were whittled down, no-one knows. And it was for bottled rather than draught beers too. Hope that helps.

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  3. andyMogg says:
    November 25, 2009 at 10:52

    Cheers Zak, I am actually quite surprised that it was only 70-80 beers ;o)

    There was a great range of styles in the list too which was nice to see.

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  4. Andy Hamilton says:
    February 12, 2013 at 13:14

    Hello there, I quite agree about Landlord it is a cracker of a pint and a good example of a dry hopped beer too!

    I wonder though if you could settle an argument, is is a pale ale or a bitter? Can it be both?

    Reply
    • andyMogg says:
      February 12, 2013 at 13:18

      despite the title of my post i think it might actually be classed as a pale ale these days…

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      • Andy Hamilton says:
        February 12, 2013 at 14:39

        Cheers Andy, hmm… funnily enough I’m gearing towards the Bitter definition. Beer hunter MJ classes it as a pale ale/bitter. Anyway, it doesn’t stop it being a great beer whatever it gets called. Great blog btw, keep up the good work.

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