Ten Fifty
Grainstore Brewery in Oakham, Rutland, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.35
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A full strength mahogany coloured beer, possessing the fine balance of pronounced hop bitterness & aroma against a a natural malty sweetness.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and moderate hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 010512
Tried
on 01 May 2012
at 11:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, 5%. Clear amber with medium off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and a little caramel. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, hops, little sweet, little dry and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2012
at 11:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nov 2009: Brown 500ml bottle obtained from the brewery on a visit earlier this year. Poured into a pint sleeve glass. Clear, light to medium brown body, white foaming head on top at first, the head slowly losing depth and becoming a wispy covering and collar. Flower garden smell, an English country garden at the height of its blooming period, must be growing toffee’s though! I am a big fan of ’Fuggles hops’ and their aroma. Although used in this brew, I couldn’t detect them. Biscuity, malty and fruity (apples, red berries and pomegranate). The flavours mix and semi-match, making this an interesting and complicated beer. The 5%ABV is evident, but well balanced for the body and richness of the beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2012
at 09:35
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Medium bodied, some sweetness in the aroma, mostly malts with a malty bitterness.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2012
at 09:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness
Caramel brown...slight haze...creamy frothy head...good lacing
Aroma - caramel malts...hint of yeast....some fruity malt
Taste of caramel malts...smooth malts...light bitter hops...some yeasty fruity ester...smooth toffee
Palate - soft carb...medium body..very smooth...creamy mouthfeel...oily texture. Finish has a slight hint of liquorice...increased bittereness...bitter hops come through much more...biscuity malt....lingering bit metallic bitterness.
Overall - Quire a good bitter with flavour but spoilt by that metallic edge on the bit over-lingering finish
Caramel brown...slight haze...creamy frothy head...good lacing
Aroma - caramel malts...hint of yeast....some fruity malt
Taste of caramel malts...smooth malts...light bitter hops...some yeasty fruity ester...smooth toffee
Palate - soft carb...medium body..very smooth...creamy mouthfeel...oily texture. Finish has a slight hint of liquorice...increased bittereness...bitter hops come through much more...biscuity malt....lingering bit metallic bitterness.
Overall - Quire a good bitter with flavour but spoilt by that metallic edge on the bit over-lingering finish
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Feb 2012
at 09:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled at 137:ans, Södertälje. Cloudy amber, small head. Fruity nose with dusty;, spicy hops. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Grainy malt, ripe fruits and long resiny bitter. OK bottle conditioned strong bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2012
at 08:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Hazy amber/golden with medium off-white head. Rather nutty aroma blaanced by a good use of hops. Fruity matly taste,with a medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2011
at 02:36
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Slightly cloudy dark amber with almost no head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, flowers. Gentle carbonation - mouthfeel is pretty much like as from a cask. Taste has toffee and fruity sweetness - pears, berries - mingled with quite big lingering hop bitterness that’s a little spicy right at the end. A pretty good bitter that has bottled really well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2011
at 05:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Half, cask at Wetherspoons in MK. Filmy, but lasting, white head. Golden-brown in body appearance. Aroma brings resin-like hops and sweet malts. Choco-caramel malts and herbal hops in flavour. Medium bodied. Smooth on the swallow. Above average (Milton Keynes, 21.03.2011).
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Mar 2011
at 11:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Castle, Chancery Lane, London, 24 Nov 2010) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, raisins and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with dried fruit, toast and dusty hops in a fairly bitter finish. Medium body, with balanced sweetness. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2010
at 07:05