Rocking Rudolph (Cask)
(Batch of Rocking Rudolph)
Hardys & Hansons in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Winter|
Score
6.14
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Dark and full bodied, packed full of hops giving interest and complexity. Challenger and Target providing underlying herbal hop and the rare Bramling cross adding redcurrant and blackcurrant into the mix. Horlicks malty character from the pale malt and toffee from the crystal malt give warmth and the blend of hops provides a crisp bitterness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Queens Head, Burley. Pours clear brown with a light tan head. Aroma of toffee, malt, dark fruits, light spice and fudge. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbobation.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Dec 2014
at 08:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the grosvenor. Pours clear copper, thin white head. Aromas of caramel, light nutty note. Taste is sweet, dried mixed peel. Clean finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Nov 2014
at 04:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask @ Moorings, Sowerby Bridge. Copper-red with a thin head. Crisp but a touch on the thin side with a bushy-floral aroma and a hint of winter fruit sweetness.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2014
at 06:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Seasonal guest ale at Ye Olde Talbot in Worcester. On the whole a nice drinkable beer.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2014
at 02:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A well balanced seasonal bitter with only a light fruitness. Makes for a good session beer.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2013
at 08:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gravity dispense at the Quinns Head, Twickenham Stoop, 15/12/13. Had a lit up collar even on the cask! Clear dark amber/light brown with a moderate beige head that thins to edgeing. Nose is dark fruits, toffee, tobacco, brown bread, brown sugar. Taste carries less depth than the aroma with dried orange, bready malt, light spice and dark fruit. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry closure with light bitter notes. Been a good few years since I’ve had this dull offering but a rate is a rate !
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2013
at 12:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask @ The Ship, St Cuthberts Street, Bedford. Clear reddish-brown. Big but thin head, like kids’ shampoo. Astringency in the aroma, along with forest fruit. Taste is sulphur and astringency mixed with bittersweet. More complex than I would have thought; small slow sips are merited. Still, a bog-standard Christmas beer which is nice enough but fails to excite.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2013
at 13:45
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at Copa, Reading] Deep amber-red with a moderate white head. Caramel, caramel, caramel & a bit of toffee - yep, it’s another Greene King bitter alright. There’s a hint of spice & a dusty, dirty, twiggy bitterness, but gernerally it’s rather sweet and very dull.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2012
at 04:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask @ JDW Elgin 171212
Reddish copper, clear, thin, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma of caramel malts, soft toffee, some yeast
Taste of caramel malts, light toasted malt, touch of toffee, quite yeasty, touch of dark fruits, odd herbal notes, cereals
Palate - medium body, fairly oily. Finish as main flavour, lingering bitter and bit astringent
Overall - Ordinary bitter with some odd flavours from the yeast. Wasn’t that great.
Reddish copper, clear, thin, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma of caramel malts, soft toffee, some yeast
Taste of caramel malts, light toasted malt, touch of toffee, quite yeasty, touch of dark fruits, odd herbal notes, cereals
Palate - medium body, fairly oily. Finish as main flavour, lingering bitter and bit astringent
Overall - Ordinary bitter with some odd flavours from the yeast. Wasn’t that great.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2012
at 14:47
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at JDW Arthur Robertson; standard English bitter dressed up in Xmas finery dark brown, bitter and cheap.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2012
at 06:01