Thwaites Brewery Flying Shuttle

Flying Shuttle

 

Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.51
ABV: 4.9% IBU: - Ticks: 24
A dashingly dark coloured beer that has a lightly hopped, fruit aroma with a rich, nutty flavour.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, from historic notes. Source not recorded. Poured amber with a medium size off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, hops, fruit and slight nutty edge. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average to soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2019 at 20:56


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (backlog). Ambery brown colour, small head. Aroma is mild toasted malts, resin, some nutty notes as well as mild chocolate. Flavour is malty, sugary, caramelly toffeeish and some nuttiness. Nice chocolate, nuttiness and mild toasted notes in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2015 at 15:12


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Dark ruby red ale with a nice frothy and creamy head. The aroma is a bit dry but the warm fruits are evident in its flavour.

Tried on 29 Nov 2012 at 11:31


4.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Mild dark ale that leaves a fizz in the palate. Not a great deal of aroma or taste but has a smooth texture.

Tried on 14 Jul 2012 at 15:42


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

50cl bottle. Reddish copper with a ring of beige head; rich caramel malt aroma; sweet, nutty, malty flavour; with a dry finish. Not very exciting.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2011 at 01:46


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is fruitcake malt, some apple and alcohol too. Taste is dark fruity malt to start, burnt malt in the finish. Some apple in the aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2011 at 14:17


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark mahogny. Toffee, strawberries in the nose. Smooth mouth. Very malty. Light toffeeish finish. Nice.

Tried on 22 May 2010 at 23:52


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Geoffrey’s of London, Antibes, shared with heavy Poured a dark red-brown body with a creamy cappuccino head. Nice caramel/cocoa nose, bit nutty and dry. Slightly thin taste, cocoa dissolved in water, some acidity in the background, caramel. Sweetish. Ugh, the notes are unclear. All in all, I liked it and I don’t get how this isn’t a brown ale.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Oct 2009 at 08:40


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

09/10 0.5 l bottle from the English shop in Antibes. Poured very nice, slightly hazy reddish brown body with medium sized ivory head. Roasted malt aroma, some nuts and caramel with trace of wood perhaps. A bit coffee flavor, bitterish, nutty, woody and a hint of smoked malts (ham). Medium bodied with softer carbonation. Coffee and sweet vanilla finish. Nice one, specially after those craps this evening.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2009 at 09:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 50cl.Clear dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090802]

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2009 at 11:11