Nottingham Brewery Trentsman

Trentsman

 

Nottingham Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Special
Score
5.78
ABV: 4.7% IBU: - Ticks: 10
This beer was last brewed about 20 years ago and is brought back especially for the Wetherspoon real-ale festival 2016. It is deep golden in colour, with a pleasing hop aroma, leading to a rich, smooth and complex flavour and a refreshing hoppy character.

Hops: Challenger, Fuggles, Goldings
 

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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

25/7/2025. Cask at The Harwich Redoubt Beer Festival 2025. 4.5% abv. Fruity, malty, biscuit aroma. Sour edge, quite dry. Fair.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2025 at 13:19


5

Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2025 at 13:16


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2016. Amber in colour, with a slight, white, head. Aroma of sweetish, red berry fruits, with a touch of leafy hop. Flavour had sweet, digestive, malts, more fruit and a moderately bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2016 at 11:53


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Lord Moon of the Mall, London. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and a little dark fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 230316

Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2016 at 15:52


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask @ JDW Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours clear golden amber, off-white head. Malty doughy bitter. Forgettable. Next.

Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2016 at 16:20


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

Cask handpull at Victoria Spoons. Clear amber brown colour lasting beige head. Biscuit bitter. Some yeast some red and peach fruit. It’s a standard fruity juicy bitter. Some bitterness on the finish. OK condition ok

Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2016 at 09:12


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

Re-rate 2025 at the Joiners Inn, Lincoln. Much the same, better condition. +0.4

2016 - Cask at the standing order. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, marmalade. Taste is sweet, more orange on the finish.

Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2016 at 08:20


5

Tried on 18 Mar 2016 at 21:54


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is cereal, toffee, taste is similar, too sweet.

Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2016 at 12:24


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Waterhouse, Manchester. Deep golden with a small creamy head. Has a fair hop-malt balance and is a crisp, perhaps sessionable ale for it with a very mild dryness. There’s a very light fruitiness here too.

Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2016 at 12:26