Special Strong Bitter
Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.45
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This high strength brew is not for the faint hearted. Redoak’s Special Strong Ale is a rich, flavoursome, full bodied bitter ale that incorporates the very best English crystal malts, the flavour and aroma characteristics of classic Kent Golding’s hops, and a true top cropping ale yeast. Formerly Redoak Special Strong Ale, 5.8%.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Amber colour with a mediumsized off-white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is fruity, floral, some sweet and bready malts and a bit herbs. Flavour is sweet malts, some biscuity notes, mild caramel and floral notes ending in a nice herbal and grassy bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2022
at 11:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
On tap at Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe, pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out astringent metallic hops and toasted malt. Flavour is fairly astringent, with lots of floral metallic hoppiness and soapy finish. Like an amped up version of the Pommy Bitter, with all the same issues. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2016
at 06:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at home ... from my GBBF 2011 haul ... copper thin tan head ... soft yeasty toffee nose ... overfizzy ... juicy toffee malts ... soft malt fruits ... light hint of yeast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2012
at 11:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish. with hitns of caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2011
at 01:38