The Cranborne Poacher
Badger Brewery (Hall & Woodhouse) in Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.32
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They say there’s no such thing as a free meal – but as you wind your way through wooded hills towards the tiny village of Cranborne, you might chance upon a charming rogue who says differently.
For years, the Cranborne Poacher has roamed these parts, outwitting both authority and prey in pursuit of pilfered plums and a pheasant for his pot.
Crystal and chocolate malts provide a full-bodied taste with sweet, complex flavours of damson and liquorice.
For years, the Cranborne Poacher has roamed these parts, outwitting both authority and prey in pursuit of pilfered plums and a pheasant for his pot.
Crystal and chocolate malts provide a full-bodied taste with sweet, complex flavours of damson and liquorice.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing light tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, spices, and blueberries. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of berries - especially blueberries, leading to a dry toffee finish. The berry note lingers in the mouth. Thanks to fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2008
at 17:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden hazzlenut brown with a diminishing off-white head. Mild spiced, liqourice and somewhat blueberry accent aroma. Blue-/blackberry and mild liqourice spiced flavour, slowly increasing. Berry fruity and liqourice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2008
at 04:52
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Reddish amber with medium beige head. Sweet with notes of liquerice,caramel and berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2008
at 23:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Dark amber with beige head. Beautiful rich sweet and fruity aroma. Full bodied with medium carbonation. Fruity taste - damsons probably.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2008
at 02:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Chestnut red colour with a slight off-white head. English hedgerow aroma with damsons and black fruit and some sweet malt and spices. Flavour was slightly tart, almost sloe-like with licorice and a soft fruity finish. Unusual and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2008
at 14:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... Deep copper ... Deep malty nose little tart... fully flavour nutty and a little toffee ... quite fruity but some odd (not unpleasent) tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2008
at 14:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Copper with a thin white head; beautiful deep sourish damson aroma;fuity damson flavour, spicy and sweet; and a warming dry finish. Excellent, particularly if you’re a damson fan - as I am.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2008
at 14:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco. Mahogany colour with lasting beige head. Malty dusty slight Badger yeast and pepper hop on the aroma. Malty in mouth. Horrible pasteurised empty candy sugar towards end of palate. Sweetish ESB style finish. Yeasty ESB. It’s fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2007
at 04:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[i] Bottle from Tesco, Cowley 02-11-07 [/i] Deep amber colour with white head. Aroma a bit sweet shop ’pick and mix’ or even jammie dodger? Quite a satisfying beer despite the sweetness, again the jammie dodger biscuitiness came back to me as did some spices not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2007
at 01:58