Osprey
Cotleigh Brewery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.97
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Rich in flavour, this strong ale is always welcomed when it returns to the pumps. Osprey Strong Ale is described as a 'strong golden coloured bitter which is clean and refreshing with a generous, well hopped bitterness'.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled at TNOD(U)RBSG2016. Lightly hazy bronze colour, small head. Red apples and herbal spice up front. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded. Dough and red apples. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2016
at 16:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering, fonefan. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are nuts, caramel, fruits, hops and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2016
at 16:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear dark golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and biscuit. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 190816
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2016
at 16:26
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
27th June 2016
Bottleshare on the England Football team night of shame! Thanks to Leighton. Lightly hazy gold beer, thin cream colour head. Thin palate, modest carbonation. Semi sweet pale malts. Mild paper and dry floralness. Little dry fruits on the semi dry finish. A but dull.
Bottleshare on the England Football team night of shame! Thanks to Leighton. Lightly hazy gold beer, thin cream colour head. Thin palate, modest carbonation. Semi sweet pale malts. Mild paper and dry floralness. Little dry fruits on the semi dry finish. A but dull.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 08:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at Leighton’s place, 27/06/2016. Many thanks to LKS. A dull orange gold coloured pour with a loose sticky white head. Aroma is nutty toffee caramel malts, some diacetyl. Flavour is composed of sweet nutty malts, pine, stale apple, dried fruits, dusty sweet malts. Palate is mocerate carbaontion, semi sweet, little thin. dusty finsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2016
at 15:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle at Bespin, thanks to LKS, 27/06/16. Very lightly hazed golden orange with a moderate off white swirl. Nose is caramel, bread pudding, straw, figgy, light spice. Taste comprises caramel, vanilla, light bread, fruit esters. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, seim drying close with a light bitter edge. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok to average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 13:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle at LKS. It pours clear orange - amber with a medium white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, woody, twiggy, cereal, toasted grain and porridge. The taste is smooth, toasted grain, cereal, straw, porridge, touch of citrus, stra, hay and damp leaves with a dry, grainy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Fairly so-so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 13:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared in London - picked up via Ales by Mail. Pours clear deep gold with s frothy, white head. Grains, bread and honey in the nose. Medium sweet flavour with more simple grainy bread, hay, honey, lightly toasted caramel. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Simple finish, sweet, with light bitter hay, more honey, ripe tangerine, melon. Tasty ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 12:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel and fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2016
at 14:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle@yesprs - Golden Amber pour with white head. Toasty malty aroma and taste with some toffee notes, some twiggy herbal hoppy notes, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2016
at 07:31