Thames Welsh ESB
Felinfoel Brewery in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.88
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The bottled Thames Welsh ESB starts an opaque dark brown color with a creamy head. Bold, rich malty aromas first leap from the glass. The complex malts offer sherry-like notes. The medium-bodied brew delivers a dry, malty flavor that is well rounded and matched with a very smooth mouthfeel. At 6.5% ABV, it makes an impressive showing as a full-flavored Extra Special Bitter that features more than just hops.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle, pours dark amber with a thin off white head. Aroma is toasted malts and carmel. Very sweet bready flavors with a mild hop finish. Not really in the style of an ESB. Alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2009
at 15:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Weak aroma of woody malt ringed with cherries. Brown pour with a thick yellow head. It tastes very woody from start to finish with a bit of tartness at midpalate and a peppery bite. Pretty neat.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2009
at 17:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ OTH. Pours hazy brown with beige head. Aroma is grainy with good notes of dark fruits and a fairly present malty nose. Taste of sugary malts, with dark fruits, hops. Is a lot smoother and sweeter than most ESB’s.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2009
at 23:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Redlight. Appealing red color with a khaki foamy head. Surprising berry aromas, strawberry, cranberry, chocolate covered cherries. Flavor has a little more chocolate than berry, but also a new fruit: cassis. Heavy lacing in the glass. Juicy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Oct 2008
at 23:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown. Pours clloudy red with a medium head and decent lacing. Aroma of toffee, raisins and whiskey. Light body with a strong raisin taste. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2008
at 21:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aroma of caramel malts, light fruit, and a hint of earthiness. Amber color with a whitish head that diminished but laced. Starts with apple! Then some roasted malt. Sweetness and fruit. Not a great deal of hop. Yet the finish is something like dry, sharp apple. Apple!
Tried
on 03 May 2007
at 21:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy dark brown color with a thin fully diminishing off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma, almost like apples. Sweet flavor with noticable fruits and some light bitterness.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2006
at 23:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Sweet caramel, toffee, and orange aroma. Cloudy orange brown color with next to no head. Sweet dried cherry, orange, caramel and toffee flavors - pretty complex. A tad on the light side. Like a light porter/stout. Nice and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2005
at 17:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a deep red with a small white head. Aroma is a nice hop and malt combo. Flavor is the same a nice malt and hop combo. Nothing special here but it it quite tasty.
Tried
on 20 May 2005
at 23:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark amber brown with a decent off-white head. Aroma of grassy hops and sweet caramel malt. The flavor is mostly sweet malt with a little roastiness/peatiness. Not a typical ESB, but good none-the-less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2004
at 20:41