Yule Love It!
Thwaites Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.23
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An amber beer with a balanced hop and biscuit malt flavour and lingering bitter finish.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50cl bottle from Morrisons, Bracknell. An orangey amber pour with a thin white head; musty grain aroma with a touch of citrus; grainy body with an orangey caramel taste; and a pleasant citrus bitterness to finish. Not very Christmassy, but actually pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2014
at 09:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from b+m. Amber colour with off white head. Aroma is malty. Taste is malty with citrus some hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2014
at 13:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from B&M Canterbury and drunk at home. Clear amber colour lasting off white head. Citrus hop and malty red berry aroma. One of the new phase of Thwaites beers, that are quite tasty. Better than average especially for a Christmas beer and actually fairly likeable. I do like the lemon, lime orange flavour on the finish. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2014
at 13:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home ... amber ... bubbly off white head ... soft dulll caramel toffee malt nose .... very biscuity ... soft toffee malt ... dull fruits ... balance just isnt right ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2014
at 10:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml Bottle: BBD Nov 14, poured into a UK pint sleeve on 22 Dec 13 (at home). I’ve been bigging Thwaites up lately, this however let them down a little in my eyes. Poured a very clean Old Golden colour with an off-white mini covering of foam. The nose wasn’t up to much, some malty molasses and faint fruitiness. Taste wise it failed to be ’A Magically Festive Brew’ like the front label acclaimed: it was OK for a UK Bitter but it lacked any Festive attributes, or at least my bottle did. I don’t want plain biscuits and a jam toasty for Christmas! It’s drinkable and almost tasty, but I was expecting a lot more from a brewery that has impressed me with their beers recently.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 07:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours burnt gold with a small head. Aroma is woody and dark berry hops. Taste has lemonade and dark berries to start. Subtle mango hop finish. Amazing for a 4% bitter from B+M!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2013
at 13:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Cross Keys, Handsworth, Sheffield. "Yule Love It". But only if you like the taste of burnt, nutty toffee. Which, actually, is ok for a pint or two. But after that...
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2013
at 09:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from B&M Bargains; chestnut brown pour with a frothy off white head, quite refreshing aroma with hints of citrus and winter fruits, moderate bitter taste with winter fruits, citrus and some nutty action.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2013
at 12:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Tesco. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is grassy hop with a little malt. The flavour is medium bitter with a hop liqourice bitter spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. More like an IPA than a Christmas beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2013
at 14:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Balmoral, Bolton (deleted from this database but still serves cask). Copper coloured with a head. Has a mild tropical fruit aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2013
at 14:06