Badger Tanglefoot - dark?

[marshbrewer]

I love Tanglefoot, it's a beer I would love to emulate. However, I'm reading Mike Dunn's "Local Brew" (1986) and he describes Tanglefoot as "a fairly dark strong bitter which still retains a noticeably hoppy palate"

Just out of interest, did it use to be darker than it is these days?

 

[Hanglow]

I can't answer your question, but british beers are well known for changing their recipes over time to adapt to new ingredients, consumer demands and the accountants bottom line.

So I would not be surprised in the slightest if it has got lighter. It was around that time that more lighter ales started to come out and be popular, Exmore Gold, Summer lightning etc. Brown=boring to a lot of consumers