TASTE
FEISTY!
Pouring 'etiquette' aside, William Worthington's White Shield stands apart from other beers thanks to its massive taste and full-to-bursting mouthfeel. This beer is big on flavour and has the mantle piece of awards to prove it!
The White Shield brewing team worked with beer industry's international flavour specialists FlavorActiv to demystify the White Shield flavour profile and identified the taste and aroma characteristics you see below (and illustrated right).
- HOP ATTACK!
- SMOKY
- TREACLE TOFFEE
- BITTER
- PAPRIKA
- FRIED BANANA
- STILTON CHEESE AND SLICED APPLES
Encapsulating the flavour of a beer William Worthington himself would have struggled to tame, at the White Shield Brewery we believe 'feisty' also describes the personality and essence of White Shield.
Of course, everyone's palate is different and tasting beer is largely subjective. You may not pick up all the flavour and aroma notes identified by our experts - you may find others of your own - it's really a matter of personal taste.
Why not set up your own beer tasting session and have a go at comparing William Worthington's White Shield with some of the other beers in your collection?
BEER & FOOD... A VERY GOOD THING
Susan Nowak, author of the Beer Cook Book, believes that restaurants and gastropubs up and down the UK have let wine elbow out beer and the nation’s favourite meal-time drink for too long!
"Beer offers much more choice than wine," she says. "It can partners a wider variety if tastes, from simple to complex. Its styles can take you through pale, zesty aperitifs to the dark, big bodied complex brews that meet the challenges of flavoursome food with all the assurance of burgundy or claret.
"Top chefs are happily cooking with beer, and breweries are putting food suggestions on beer bottle labels. Who knows, maybe soon, we'll be treating beer with the same respect Belgian beer sommeliers do when they recommend beers to go with food at smart restaurants."
Here are a few mouth-watering 'White Shield and Food' recommendations from the team at the White Shield Brewery.
- Yorkshire pudding with rich pate and red wine sauce
- Steamed prawns cooked in white shield
- Wafer thin roasted red onion and crème fraiche tart
- Braised beef with wild mushrooms and horseradish dumplings
- English Cheddars and Stiltons
And ‘Beer Hunter’ Michael Jackson believes the robust full flavour of White Shield is “the ideal aperitif before a Saturday evening curry or Sunday roast.”
What's your favourite White Shield dish? Drop us a line and let us know, so we can keep building our White Shield menu.
"Feisty encapsulates the flavour and personality of a beer which William Worthington himself would have struggled to tame..."
- BACK TO FRONT LABEL LETS THE TASTE DO THE TALKING
- Specialist beer drinkers tend to like to know a little bit about their beer, so White Shield's 'two-faced' label brings the interesting bits from the back of the bottle round to the front to let the beer's famous taste do the talking.
- WORDS TO SAVOUR....
- Aromatic hops, toasted cereal notes and hints of smoke and spice kindle White Shield's embracing nose, enhanced by fragrant fruity characters, the faintest whiff of exotic cheese, and an intricate top-note of freshly baked bread. With time to condition, William Worthington's unique dual yeast works up a sparkle that is sharp and Champagne-like, crafting a full luxurious mouth feel that combines with warming hints of alcoholic liqueur and White Shield's ever so subtle peppery character, to create an exquisite bitter sweet finish.
“Specialist drinkers tend to like to know a little bit about their beer..”