Howell's Frosty Bells
Belhaven in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.26
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oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask (backlog). Copper colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is toffee, some mild nutty and wooden notes as well as some slight strawberry jam to it. Flavour is sweet malts, mild bready notes, toffee, some nuts, mild strawberries as well as some floral notes.
jjsint (8631) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Cask @ George & Dragon, Bedford. Mid brown with a hint of mahogany. Lively little fellow, once it settles I progress to drinking. Aroma of fruit (cherries?), biscuity malt and cinnamon. Taste is bittersweet with a bit of sour, confused and unsatisfying. Maybe not in best condition but pretty uninspiring so it doesn’t matter all that much.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Outlook, Reading. Amber-brown with no head. Sweet from the off- toffee overlaid with lots of blackcurrants, along with a hint of spice. There’s a reasonable amount of earthy bitterness afterwards, but not quite enough to balance. OK as a novelty Christmas beer for half a pint, but a full pint might be more of a struggle.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear copper with a somewhat flimsy, tan cream head. Sweet, ripe berries in the nose, some plums and strawberries. Light to medium swet flavor with lightly toasted bread, very light bitterness, light dry berries. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Light sweet finish with more semi-dry berries and mellow bitterness. Faint leaves, cherries, plums. A very decent bitter.
McCash (16021) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap @ Bert’s Bar. Pours mahogany with a nicely proportioned head. The nose has sweet fruit, possibly strawberries or apple tart. The taste is of strawberries and biscuits - jammy dodgers in fact. The palate is medium in structure and texture with a dry finish. Overall, a good ale!
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the London & County (JDW), Eastbourne. Copper with a dense cream head; candy aroma; sweet, fruity, toffee flavour; with a lightly bitter finish. Acceptable, but not exciting.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Reddish brown clear lasting beige bubbly head. Its a bitter with some biscuit. Some fruit. Its fine. Not huge hop. Touch of sting on the finish. Decent condition. Fine.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Howell's Frosty Bells from Belhaven 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cask at cloisters ... copper brown .. soft toffee malt ribena nose... ribena ... more juice than beer ... but easy drinkin. quite amazing