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

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft - flat. (190108)

Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2008 at 08:52


7.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home ... Thanks to Fin (i think) for this one ... Wonderfully Ruby colour.... you really cant fault the apperence of this one ...fruity malt nose ... OH ! ... this is beyond anything i expected ... i was expecting ron of the mill ... but this is bursting with full on interesting flavours ... lots of berry fruits ... little sweetness ... little toffee malts ... All round a decent beer, and a real pleasent suprise for a beer that i chose mid night that i expected to be mediocre before finnishing on better beers.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2008 at 12:40


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

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell, Dark ruby tinted body with a tan head; slightly sour fruity aroma; creamy body with strong caramel malt flavours, slightly burnt, also some coffee; dry finish with some hops but more caramel.

Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2007 at 11:47


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

Bottle, picked up at Majestic, Bicester, 20-05-07 in a mixed pack. Poured mid brown, with white bubbly head. Tasted quite fruity with nice malt base to it and definite nuttiness as described on the commercial blurb, aroma a little hoppy and malty. Not bad at all.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2007 at 01:51