Mata Hari
Brewster's Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.99
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Part of the Brewster’s "Wicked Woman" series, this copper-colored ale uses three English hops - Northdown, Progress, and Fuggles - to create a complex hop character that perfectly balances its roasted malt flavors.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @ Blind Tiger poured into a pint glass. Poured orangish-amber. Aroma is cookie dough with a marmalade twist. Seemed a bit weird, but I will burrow from sheatripper below and say "burnt sugar." To me it seemed a but overly sweet. Taste has an underlying citrus hoppiness and that burnt sugar-marmalade aspect. Slightly under-carbonated mouthfeel. Overly, it seemed like they couldn’t decide whether or not they wanted an ESB or an APA.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2007
at 18:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity and flowery hops. Flavour is hops, salts and some grassyness. Not much aftertaste, but is very mouthdrying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2007
at 07:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled conditioned. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel, but also a light spicy note. The flavor is sweet and very spicy combined with notes of elderberries, leading to a dry spicy and nicely bitter end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2007
at 16:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Lightly hazy dark amber. Grassy nose with some metal. Sweet and fruity with clean mouthfeel and evident resiny hops. Standard English bitter on the heavy side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2007
at 09:23
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Brown bottle, 50 cl, purchased on August 26 2006 while tripping to Beers of the world (Rochester) with Dum, Ian and Lubière; eye: amber with golden reflections, beige head that falls rapidly to leave a ring around the glass, good effervescence, clear; nose: cereal (grain), caramel, hops, grapefruit, lactic; mouth: bitter hops, caramel, grapefruit, finale mildly bitter, lightly lactic, partly creamy and partly grainy texture, mildly bitter, medium body, good carbonation; overall: ordinay FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 50 cl, acheté le 26 août 2006 lors d’un voyage mémorable à Beers of the world (Rochester) avec Dum, Ian et Luc; oeil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, mousse beige qui tombe rapidement pour laisser un anneau, bonne effervescence, claire; nez : céréale (grain), caramel, houblon, pamplemousse, lactique; bouche : houblon amère, caramel, pamplemousse, finale légèrement amère, légèrement lactique, texture en partie crémeuse et en partie granuleuse, moyennement amère, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation; en résumé : ordinaire
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2006
at 13:59
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle picked up at the GBBF. Pours a light amber colour, bland in flavour with few redeeming features other than it had a nice label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2006
at 15:14