Coniston Bluebird 4.2%

Bluebird Bitter Coniston Brewing Co "Bottle conditioned award winning English ale" Overview Coniston is a Cumbrian village on the edge of Coniston Water. It is an ancient mining village, dating back from roman times back to the bronze age. This ale originally comes from the micro-brewery of a 400 year old inn, the Black Bull. Update: 27/08/2004 - Grahamt has kindly offered an addition here and tells me that the bottled version is brewed in Horsham by ex-King & Barnes Head Brewer, Andy Hepworth. Thanks Graham! From the ...  Read the complete review

Coniston bitter has recently started appearing in the supermarket near to me, and I’m a sucker for trying out all those bottled ‘real ales’, so it didn’t take much for me to give it a go! It’s produced by a micro brewery, Coniston Brewing Company, based up in the Lake District – in actual fact this is the work of two men, Ian Bradley and Rob Irwin. Bluebird bitter is what’s known as a “single varietal” hop beer, and a “session” beer. The taste is distinctly light and hoppy, and very clean. There is a faint tinge of fruitiness, perhaps citrus. It won the “Champion Beer of ...  Read the complete review