Prize Fighter (Bottle)
Arundel Brewery in Arundel, West Sussex, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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A copper coloured, premium bitter with a mid-brown colour, malty aroma and a slightly sweet, toffee flavour which leads to a soft, bitter finish.
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4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
The malts add little, and this would certainly have to fight hard to win any prizes.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2012
at 11:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at The Crosse Keys, JDW. Clear, red-gold pour with a whisper of a film. Toasty biscuit, sugary malt nose. Medium sweet flavor, lots of grainy, toasty biscuits, tons of toffee (but not too sweet) with some herbal bitters. Medium in body with soft carbonation. Well toasted biscuits and hearty bread to finish, sweet enough with just hints of hops. Good beer, condition could be better.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2011
at 11:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Penderels Oak JDW HOLBORN. Very biscuit full malty bitter. Some sour fruit on aroma leads to a rich full biscuit mouthfrel and then more sour hedgerow fruit on tangy finish. A well constructed best bitter. Decent beer
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Apr 2011
at 06:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at a mates house ... red copper ... light floral fruits nose ... over fizzy ... sweet and floral ...light berries ... plain and simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2009
at 02:12
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Sainsbury. Pale chestnut, no head. I guess it’s a mix of a best bitter and an ESB. Decent fruit and dry malt, but it’s been pastuerised to death. As I say the malty fruit is good, but the rest could well be better. Too much candy sugar. Some yeast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2008
at 11:33
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up at Sainsburys, Kidlington, Oxon, consumed 28-08-08 Pours copper in colour with an off white head. Has some slight sherry or port touches in here but also quite a lot of toffee malts, some vanilla also and finishes with a slight fruity simple bitter finish, quite like it but nothing wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 02:40
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Copper with a thick cream head; spicy and earthy caramel aroma; unfortunately it’s over pasteurised and tastes of boiled fruit sweets; what little bitterness there is fights valiantly against the toffee sweetness of the malts, but loses.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2008
at 16:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Chestnut red coloured with a small, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and earthy hops with a touch of spiciness. Flavour was sweetish with plenty of red fruit, more earthiness and a decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2008
at 06:36