Timothy Taylor's Landlord was first brewed in 1952 as a bottled beer called Competition Ale. It changed name to Landlord in 1953, and was also launched as a regular in the cask. It famously won CAMRA Supreme Champion four times: 1982; 1983; 1994 and 1999. This bottle has the Best Before date of April 1994, so it would have been brewed in 1993, when the cask version had only been champion twice. The malt is pleasantly toffee accented, and is soft and easy drinking with a neutral palate. The hops have broken down, so are powdery bitter with a wet cardboard twang. As landlord is a delicate beer which is best served fresh in the cask where it has a zesty citric tang when handled correctly, it is not a beer to be drunk pasteurised in a bottle, and certainly not when aged.
Drinkable, but not good.
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