Saffron Budgens Local Brew (Pledgdon Ale)

This beer is brewed specially for Budgens, Sawbridgeworth, where I also bought it. Someone noted that it sounds very similar to the Pledgdon Ale, and according to the brewery "the difference between the two comes in the hop ratios ie we use a slightly different proportion of the aroma hops". Hence, they are basically the same beer.

• Name: Saffron Budgens Local Brew (Pledgdon Ale), 4.3%, England
  
• Appearance: Cloudy orangy brown. Little bit of white head. Sediments.
  
• Aroma: Hops and citrus. Fermented fruit, and malt.
  
• Taste: Hops, slightly roasted. Sharp. Bitter aftertaste.
  
• Bought: Budgens, 500 ml, £2.09
• Overall score: 3/6
  
• Info: 5/9-2008

Saffron Tiddly Vicar

Bought on our second trip up to Sawbridgeworth.

• Name: Saffron Tiddly Vicar, 5.1%, England
  
• Appearance: Hazy light brown, caramel. Good amount of fizzy white head. Sediments.
  
• Aroma: Malt, little bit of hops and chocolate.
  
• Taste: Malt, quite dry. Slightly bitter aftertaste.
  
• Bought: Budgens, 500 ml, £2.29
  
• Overall score: 3/6
  
• Info: 31/8-2008