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 - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at RJ. Aroma floral, fruity, floral. Quite tempting. Clear deep golden colour. Stable white head. Taste is a little bit watery, but nicely hoppy. Simple clean beer. Herbal floral flavours, enjoyable, refreshing, good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at Churchkey. Hazy golden color, medium white head. Decent peppery aroma. Taste is malty straw.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
50 cl bottle @ Nurmo, BBE 08.05.2013
Aroma is fruity with peaches, some hops, citrus and hints of hay. Flavour has citrus, hops, some hay. Finishes dryish with somewhat malty feeling, English hops and toffee. Second glass of this had rather nice peachy notes and even some Belgian yeast.
Quite close to what it says in the label; aroma has feeling of American hops, starts with flavours typical to bitter and finishes like an English pale ale does.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50cl bottle. BBF 080513. Clear golden, frothy, white head, bubbly. Fruity, citrusy, herbal aroma, some plastic as well. Flavor has white bread, hops, caramel, citrus. Slight harshness in finish. Refreshing, decent golden ale. Mt.hood works ok here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
500 ml bottle. Deep honey gold color. Small bubbly white head. Light lemony, biscuit malt nose. Crisp, tart, citrus fruit malt flavor upfront. Medium bodied, slightly bitter with briney undertones. Lively carbonation on the palate. Firm malty / hoppy balance, finishing dry and spicy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
05/05 0.5 l bottle ogivlado brought from Bratislava, thanks for sharing! It poured clear golden body with small head. Fine hops in aroma, herbal mostly with biscuit malt underlying below. Flavor was weaker as expected, but nice biscuit maltiness with some bitter herbal hops make it decent for the style. Medium to thinner body with not particularly long bittersweet finish, that only reflects its simple but fine flavor. An OK bitter, much better than their ordinary Bluebird Bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Light orange gold with fizzy carbonation. Aroma is sweet fruits and light zesty spice. Flavor has a touch of sweet fruits, light earthy/fruity hops. A bit of toasted malt. A little bland. I prefer the regular Bluebird.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled 500ml. -from Presporska Pivoteka ie Cafe Luxor, Bratislava. Golden coloured, small white head, very fruity nose. Moderate malty, fruity and pleasant hoppy taste with hint of alcohol in the finish. Not bad but expected better one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Rating moved from under other name from saturday, june 30, 2007 50 cl bottle, thanks Pelle from The Rover! Named Bluebird Bitter Premium XB. Labeled 4.4% ABV. Clear pale golden color, fluffy white head. Sweet grapefruit and hoppy apricot scent. Sweet malty and hoppy taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
I approached this with trepidation after the failure that was the regular bottled Bluebird Bitter... It poured a clear, maybe just slightly hazy golden body with a small head. Aroma hops dominate the nose, but somehow fail to impress. Appley, sweet dry empty taste, somewhat bready, soft maltiness, slightly bitter from the hopiness in the end. Well, not bad in general, only way too subdued.