Havercake Ale
Timothy Taylor's in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.33
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Captain Tom was born and raised in Keighley, like us, and was himself a Havercake Lad - joining the Duke of Wellington's Regiment in May 1940.
This robust Yorkshire ale has been created using a mixture of amber malt and two types of oat malt. This delivers a full-bodied, moreish ale with a creamy head and slight sweetness. Fuggles and Goldings are in the hop mix, which adds to the overall taste. A traditional English hopped style beer.
This robust Yorkshire ale has been created using a mixture of amber malt and two types of oat malt. This delivers a full-bodied, moreish ale with a creamy head and slight sweetness. Fuggles and Goldings are in the hop mix, which adds to the overall taste. A traditional English hopped style beer.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
This is a Timothy Taylor beer I’d not come across before, but they do seem to have been brewing it for a number of years. Anyway, cask at Borough Arms, Crewe. Pours bitter brown with a small white head. Not much of a nose – just some vague maltiness. Malts again in the mouth, where it is slightly sweet. Some floral hops and hints of oranges as well. Finiah is a little more bitter. Reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2022
at 23:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Town Hall Tavern, Leeds. Mid- to dark gold with a big off-white head. Light malty aroma with some grassy notes. Sweet taste with a herbal taste and some salted caramel. Bitterness overtakes the initial sweetness with an intensity far outlasted the long finish. This is a great ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2021
at 17:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from b&m. Pours clear dark amber with a this chi, rocky off-white head. Aromas of toffee, nuts, light raisins. Taste is mineral, iron, toffee, more nuts. Chalky finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2015
at 14:57
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from b&m. Colour Amber with a thick white head. Nutty caramel aroma. Taste is a touch sweet
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2015
at 15:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Live rate on 16th June 2015 while cooking a minced beef chilli after cutting the lawns and walking the dog: this is my reward to myself. Tangerine orange body, not quite fully clear when poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard. The head is deep and full, off-white blanket of uneven foam which appears to be lasting. Malt lead in both the aroma and taste, semi-sweet initially with toffee and caramel hints, grapefruit flavour mid-sip, with a dry hoppy finish that seems to have a peppery and metallic twang to it. All good apart from the finish: what a shame. Bought from B&M Bargains, so cost cock all but my score is lower because of that metallic like feel in the finish.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2015
at 10:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Tesco, Aldershot. Amber with a tight white head; grassy malt aroma; caramel taste with some grain; and a pleasant bitterness to follow, leaving a dry toasty finish. A satisfying Yorkshire bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2014
at 10:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from local offy. Golden, with a thick, white, lasting head. Biscuit, light caramel, citric fruit zest. Some pine wood. Taste is light sweet, with a light, burnt bitterness. Nice, easy drinker.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2013
at 16:20
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Keighley Beer Festival. Light golden brown in colour with a head. Has a sweet malty character.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2013
at 16:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of spices, malt, and peaches. The falvor is sweet matly with notes of caramel cinnamon and elderberries, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2008
at 12:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Clear, deep golden with a creamy, white head leaving some laces. Slightly unclean, nutty nose. Medium body with lightly sweet, roasted and nutty accents. Subdued bitterness. 201107
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2007
at 12:39