Flying Shuttle
Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.51
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mstly lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Moderate malty nutty and honey aroma. Light hoppy. Moderate bitter flavor. Caramellic and week chocolate notes. Nice. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Almost more Brown Ale than ESB.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle Clear, deep mahoney body. Lightly brown head. Quite ok aroma of strong malts, coffee, some hints of hops. Moderately bitter, moderately sweet flavour: quite ok, just somewhat watery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, and weak, dried fruit. Sweet, malty and fruity flavour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Deep copper colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some wooden hops and mild grassyness. Flavour is wooden, some slight caramel maltyness as well as syrup, and some dark dry fruits.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brown colour, small tan head. Aroma has nuts, caramel malts and dark fruits. Flavour has roasted malts and red fruits. Smooth and extremely drinkable. This one stands out!
MiP (20341) reviewed Flying Shuttle (Pasteurised) from Thwaites Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle, 4.9% at EBF08. Buttery aroma. Clear brown colour. Malty flavour, dark malts, hint of butter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and fruit as well as lighter notes of dusty hops. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of caramel and dusty hops and lighter notes of fruit, leading to a dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours a beautiful clear warm reddish brown with a lively rought off-white head. Roasted malty aroma with some nuttiness. Vague burned accents - burned caramel. The finish is dry. 040408
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark brown with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with ripe fruits, toasted malt and caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with roasted malt, nuts, caramel and chocolate notes. Ends sweet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours golden amber with an orange hue and a lacing white head. Light spiced and chocolate malty aroma. Flavour is medium sweet with a smooth chocolate malt. Ends light bitter and smooth chocolate flavoured.