The 1995 ACO Annual School BATEMAN'S WAINFLEET HERITAGE ALE Brewed & bottledby GeorgeBateman & Son, Wainfleet 6.0% ABV,SOcl.bottles Brewed in August 1994 to help promote Wainfleet and celebrate the start, in April 1994, of the Wainfleet Conservation Area Partnership Scheme, this beer, like the Wainfleet CAPS, should improve in quality over the next few years. It has a light sedimentation and whilst not in the category of Worthington's White Shield (of old), or Courage Imperial Russian Stout, in terms of conditioning, one should perhaps consider keeping it until late next year. If your favourite drink is gin and tonic or a spritzer or, more unfortunately, lager you will not know what to expect from a traditional bottle-conditioned English Beer. Others experience of bottled beer will have been limited to the odd bottle of Courage Light or Barley Wine and some will have tried the strong, sweet, malty-but-not-burnt draught Winter Warmers or Christmas Ales, with the same ABV (alcohol by volume) of around 6.0 % as this Ale. By comparison, Wainfleet Heritage Ale has some of the characteristics of the C18 dark beers, porter and stout, whose colour and taste was achieved by malting the barley for longer to get a more burnt taste and colouring. For years this bottled beer type was on the decline, kept alive by Guiness bottling their stout unpasteurised, but in recent years many brewers, including Bateman's with their draught Salem Porter, have rediscovered it. Q) .c tU On opening the bottle a malty aroma escapes. On pouring, after its initial effervescence, the body settles to a fairly uniform character with a mahogany hue, full of expectation. On tasting, the expectation is fulfilled with a smooth maltiness of quite heady toastiness and sweetness without the cloying effect of over-chipped barley. Some may recall a BarleyWineorWinterWarmer, but its derivation lies within the mystery of C18 Porter recipes. A beer clearly of some distinction to be savoured slowly, along with the delights of Wainfleet. As it says on the bottom of the label : "Now you've triedtheale, why not samplethedelights of Wainfleetitself!?" Finally, don't believe those who may tell you that a bottle of Lincolnshire beer is traditionally served with a slice of potato stuck in the neck! [Those attendinq the 1995 ACO Annual School (see ~) will have the opportunity to carry out their own review 1} Charles Wagner, expertly advised by Steve Nelson - CAMRA founder-member & life-member. CONTEXT 44 The School will deal with the problems - and consider possible solutions - associated with the need to find appropriate long-term uses for 'difficult' buildingsand buildingtypes, including: Speakers from a variety of professions will draw upontheir own experiences andpresent case studies whichmay serve as good exemplars... or dire warningsI Study tours will serve to further illustrate the topic, and those attending will be encouraged to contribute their personal views in the concludingforum. For further information pleasecontact : Collette Hallor Sarah Willisat HERITAGELINCOLNSHIRE Tel: (01529) 61499 Fax : (01529) 61001 Sponsored by Hrl · , , 110 19
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