Boltmaker
(has 2 batches)
Timothy Taylor's in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.67
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A well-balanced, genuine Yorkshire Bitter, with a full measure of maltiness and hoppy aroma – Boltmaker is first choice for the discerning drinker – on both sides of the Pennines.
Formerly known as Best Bitter, Boltmaker has won many awards over the years but most recently it was awarded the CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain in 2014 and Champion Beer of Britain – Bitter category in 2016.
Formerly known as Best Bitter, Boltmaker has won many awards over the years but most recently it was awarded the CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain in 2014 and Champion Beer of Britain – Bitter category in 2016.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Timothy Taylor Boltmaker ].Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light nutty, light fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, nutty, keller, caramel malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130814]
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Jan 2015
at 02:51
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle.Nose is butterscotch, with pronounced herbs and cut cut grass, slight nuttiness in the back end. Surprisingly appealing. Taste is butter scotch, a touch of burnt toffee, leading to berry, and an earthy malt and bitterness, with the faintest citrus rind in the finish. It seems only passingly related to the nose. Slight metallic off-note Mouthfeel is far too carbonated. This beer is classic supermarket mush, and it’s marked down for smelling nothing like it tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2014
at 13:46
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle from Tesco’s, Camberley. Golden amber with a billowing white head; slightly musty floral aroma; fresh tasing with a immediate floral bitterness, then a soft honeyed sweetness; before a herbal bitter finish. A nicely rounded bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 07:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
A copperbrown beer with a medium and blond head. The nose has caramel and nutty maltyness, wood and some lemon. Taste is quite dry and quite strongly hopped, bread, nuts, wood and some fruity nuancees. The end is dry, bitter and long. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, drinkable. Strongly hopped bitter, but the aromatics hops are almost hidden. Anyway, the strong bitterness is always great.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2014
at 13:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tesco, Billingham. Clear amber colour, foamy white head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of malt, light roast, caramel, toffee. Flavour is malty, with biscuity and lightly roasted, nutty, bitter notes. Smoothish mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry nutty grassy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2014
at 11:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 09/2015
Aroma is mellow and quite simple with toffee typical to English ales. Flavour has toffee, grapefruit, some minerals and grass. Quite aggressive hop profile for a bitter – but I like it.
Aroma is mellow and quite simple with toffee typical to English ales. Flavour has toffee, grapefruit, some minerals and grass. Quite aggressive hop profile for a bitter – but I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2014
at 09:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Brasshouse; clear amber pour with a luxurious creamy off white head, crisp malt aroma, taste has light biscuity malts, with some hints of dark fruit, creamy mouthfeel, light bitter finish, I understand why CAMRA declared this the best beer in Britain but they’re ignoring a shit load of the market. Oakham Citra prevails.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2014
at 04:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a clear golden pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Oct 2014
at 03:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Solihull CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a lovely smooth woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A decent session beer but I’m not sure what all the fuss is about.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2014
at 15:50