Bluebird Bitter Premium XB
Coniston Brewing Co. in Coniston, Cumbria, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.29
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The fine tradition of English Pale Ale is about quaffing, refreshment and complexity of flavour without alcoholic strength.
Then throw in new wave American hop variety Mount Hood with robust citrus aromas and the result is a smooth ale with floral hints, light malt tones and a hoppy freshness.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Foamy white head stayed on a finely carbonated unclear pale amber coloured body. Fruity aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp back. Stone fruit, boiled sweets, melon & light malt tastes with a tangy hopped finish. Decent.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft at Snallygaster 2024. Poured a clear yellow-orange color, small white head. Aroma was light sweet malts, light yeast. Some toasted notes. Thin, but in a good way. Easy to drink.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On cask at The Beer Temple, pours a cloudy dark golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out bready malt, light bitterness, and a touch of hops. Flavour is full of bready malt, subdued hops, and earthy fungal notes. Not hugely impressed with this. Meh.
Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a light golden colour with a medium sized fluffy white head. Aromas of floral, citrus, doughy white bread and a little peppery spice. Taste is more floral and citrus lemon, sherbet, lemon, doughy bread, some herbal notes and peppery spice. Thinnish body, soft carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Decent beer. I prefer the original Bluebird Bitter but this is still pretty good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
3/2/2020. Bottle from Westholme Stores (Londis), Goring. Pours clear golden amber with a small just off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, mixed fruit, hops, flowers, touch of caramel. Medium plus sweetness, low bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet finish. Bit of a disappointing way to bring up the 100 for Cumbria.
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Kiepski bitter, powiedzialbym ze bardziej EPA. Sprawia wrazenie jakby byl rozwodniony, moze zle przechowywany w sklepie i podczas wysylki, na skraju przydatnosci do spozycia, piana mizerna na 2cm, sporo pecherzykow powietrza, mojej szklanki Samuela Smith'a nic nie obkleja z jej pozostalosci, jasna barwa mocno pod swiatlo wpatrujac sie ciut mglistosci mozna sie doszukac, wytrawne i goryczkowe za to jest, ale wszystko jest tu nieudane w tym EPA
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle @ Black Bull Inn, Coniston. Clear golden with no head. Light hoppy bitter but the pasteurisation evident. Would stick to cask on this.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Black Bull Inn, Coniston. Clear golden with a small head. It's a light hoppy bitter and is quite clean tasting. There's malts in its nose.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
opalescent golden colour, medium sized dense stable white head; aroma of some unripe berries, floral notes and maybe citruses; taste is fully dominated by a citric-brett-like sourness, which seems for me to be a result of some kind of infection rather than a real intention; I don't know...I don't like it at all...it is practically undrinkable