Guardsman
Windsor & Eton Brewery in Windsor, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.28
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As the first new beer to be brewed in Windsor for nearly 80 years GUARDSMAN is how we think every Best Bitter should taste. Guardsman is a lovely copper-coloured session strength ale with a tangy taste and a really fresh hop finish. It is brewed with premium Maris Otter pale malt and a blend of Pilgrim, Styrian Golding and Fuggles hops.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Three cask, hand-pulled pints in the excellent Admiral Benbow, on the beach at Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire: 15th Jan 2017. Lovely looking beer, amber/copper body wise, beige head that lasted. On the malty side and semi-sweet, balanced by the hop blend that calms the sweetness down nicely. Some caramel hints in both the nose and taste, piney bitterness from the hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2017
at 16:35
6/10
Tried
on 10 Nov 2016
at 13:13
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask. Clear light amber color, no head. Smell and taste malts, lightly caramel and a bit metallic and softly bitter. Meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2016
at 09:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask. Fast klares bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch nussig, karamellig, mild hopfig. Geschmack nussig mild röstmalzig, leicht hopfig bitter okay!
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2016
at 09:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Hart & Spool, Borehamwood. Hazy deeper amber coloured with a frothy head. Crisp, medium bodied, with a mild pleasant general fruitiness with citrus orange involved.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2016
at 10:20
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Pennells garden center. Amber colour with a foamy tan head. Caramel malty aroma and taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 15:16
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask. Clear bright amber color, thick tan head with solid lacing. Aroma of light caramel. Taste is toasted caramel.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2015
at 11:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask pint at Wetherspoons, Victoria Station, London. Copper colour, low off-white head. Moderate aroma, malts, toffee and a hint of fruity hops. Pleasant flavour, decent hops with a hint of blackcurrants, malty and nutty notes too. Good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Apr 2015
at 05:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Lyndhurst, Reading. Amber-brown with a moderate white head. Predominantly oaky flavour with a little caramel, unripe apple and grapefruit- not sure the grapefruit really goes. Slightly dry finish. Below par compared to what I’ve come to expect from this brewery, but not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2015
at 15:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Cross Keys, Covent Garden. Poured a clear dark amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light caramel malt. The flavour is light bitter with a light watery skunky herby light barnyard malt palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2015
at 18:34