Grand Prix
Prescott Ales in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.52
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A dark strong ale, brewed with pale and crystal malts, together with Fuggles, Goldings and Northdown hops to produce an intense sweet, malty flavour with a hoppy after taste.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from Tuckers Maltings in Newton Abbot. Pours a red colour with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, red fruits, raisins, chocolate, roasted malts. Medium body. Crisp sweet malty finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2025
at 20:56
12/02/2011. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 19 Jan 2023
at 08:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle bought at Secretts, Milford. Aroma is malty, earthy. I think there are spores in there. Clear chestnut. Big fluffy foamy off-white head. Sweet - malty, dried fruit - followed by ligh-medium earthy bitterness. Sour berry edge into the finish. Develops caramel sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Creamy. But still not overly buff. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Decent enough. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2021
at 18:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half-pint, cask shared with Finn at Cardinals Hat. Clingy lacing from a patchy, white head. Clear mahogany coloured body. Moderate aromas of dark caramel, hints of dried fruits. Caramel fruity taste profile followed by a bittersweet tail. Nice Brit bitter version. (Worcester 31.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Feb 2020
at 08:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun med et lite rødskjær. Mokkafarget filmskum. Aroma av søte bær & malt. Smaken det samme. Litt streng tørr bærsmak etter hvert. Lett tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2020
at 16:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
5/10/2019. Bottle from Warwick Real Ale, shared at the Wroclaw GP bottle share. Poured clear bright golden amber with an average size bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, spicy hops, fruit and caramel. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2019
at 21:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a clear coppery brown colour with a small off white head that settled to a thin layer. A malt, caramel aroma with a little fruit. A sweetish caramel malt taste, grainy bread, dark fruit flavours and an earthy hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2018
at 14:03
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Wetherspoon’s Piccadilly, formerly the Manchester & County, Manchester. Golden ale with a small head. Crisp and sessionable with a very easy-drinking texture. It’s mildly hoppy in its nose with some fruit evident, more neutral in taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2016
at 05:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Lord Moon of the Mall, JDW - London: pours clear copper-gold with a frothy, off-white head. Bready malts in the nose, faint leather, earth, berries. Light to medium sweet flavor with further ripening berries, hints of toasted toffee, toasted grains, light caramel, earthy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; pretty good carbonation. Finishes with pretty OK balance, more rich malt character, faint leathery dryness, more berries, cherry, mellow plum, brown bread, dry toffee. Nice and drinkable ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2016
at 12:22
6/10
Tried
on 29 Aug 2015
at 06:24