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Sambrooks Brewery in London, Greater London, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Special|
Score
6.12
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This russet-red beer has hints of toffee, spice and berries in the aroma, with a fruity character and hints of blackcurrant and caramel, leading to a moderately dry, bitter finish. Brewed for the Six Nations.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mørk amber Lavt skum med litt farge. Tynn teppelacing. Fjærlett karamellaroma. Smaken tørket aprikos. Tørr avslutning med hint av krydder.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2019
at 12:17
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2019
at 17:35
6/10
Tried
on 10 Apr 2018
at 18:31
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The George, Croydon. It pours clear deep brown with a small off-white head. The aroma is quite sweet, sugary, cola, boiled sweets and fruit cake The taste is drying, woody, leather, cheap cola, treacle, bit of dried fruits, chewy malt and damp leaves with sweetish, sticky finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A bit muddled and chewy. OK, but I would rush back for another.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2017
at 10:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2017
at 12:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a clear brown colour with a medium sized frothy beige head. Doughy bread and grain aroma with some fruity notes. Moderately sweet, malt, caramel and bready with some rye flavours. A bit watery and thin, grassy bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2017
at 13:09
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Handpull cask from the Crown & Shuttle, Shoreditch. Reddish brown, translucent and without much head. Redcurrant, crystal malt with some vegetal herby cressy notes that some poorly put-together beers have. Malty and slightly sour taste. Long medicinal finish. Ugh.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2017
at 16:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask half-pint on 14th Feb 2017 in ’Knowles of Norwood. Red hue to the dark brown body, the head a beige affair that hung around (like on a hookers shoulder). Malty aroma and taste, maybe a handful of Rye thrown into the kettle? Starts like it’s going to be fairly sweet, then tails off to a semi-bitter finish. Not the best Sambrooks beer I have had. Something not quite right about it.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2017
at 06:13
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Gravity cask at the Richmond Brewers Market. Pours clear brown with a fast-fading white head. Light doughy brown bread in the nose, some grains. Light sweet flavor, earthy, with notes of plastic, light Angel, harsh grass. Light bodied with soft carbonation. A little astringent on the finish, with more plastic, dirty grains, doughy bread. Pretty rough.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2016
at 05:32