Hobsons Brewery The Manor

The Manor

 

Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.38
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 59
Brewed to celebrate Severn Valley Railway's Manor Class steam locomotives - Erlestoke, Bradley and Hinton. As a company we have committed our ongoing support to Severn Valley Railway by becoming a member of the SVR Charitable Trust set up to raise vital funds to preserve one of Britain's finest heritage railways.

Manor is a bitter amber ale with crisp refreshing flavour and biscuit overtones. Brewed with locally sourced Maris Otter malting barley and finished with Challenger and Cascade hops.

Bottle Notes - Manor Ale is a bottle conditioned beer which contains sediment, pour carefully and best stored upright at cellar temperature 10 - 12 degrees.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, biscuit, toffee, citrus, spice & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 18:57


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Melbicks Garden Centre, Coleshill. Clear light amber with small white top. Bready and earthy aroma with sweet toffee. Taste is somewhat nutty, biscuit, light toast, a touch of fruit and herb in the background. Near medium bodied, drying. Somewhat rich but some good flavours going on.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:04


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Clear golden. Aroma is light cornflakes light peach light grassy hops. Taste is light bitterness with light metallic notes and faint fruity sweetness. Not very exciting.

Tried on 11 Jun 2024 at 21:22


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Flasche 0,5l: Bernstein, dezente Trübung, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; fruchtige + kräftig würzige Nase, leichte malzig-würzige Süße, trockene Zitrusnoten, Zitronenabrieb, trockene florale Hopfenaromen,kräftig Malz, Karamell, leichte Röstaromen, nussig, malzig-würzige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + sehr würziger Körper, kräftige trockene Hopfennoten, floral/grasig, trockene Zitrusnoten, Röstaromen, Röstmalz, Getreide, cremig, mittlere Kohlensäure, nussig, etwas Kaffee, Muckefuck; würzig-trockener Nachgang

Tried on 27 Oct 2023 at 07:01


6

Thanks Simon. Fruity malty nose. Dry bitter, grainy. Very bitter neutral with a grainy back. Crisp bitter, a bit watery, sessionable with a bitter finish.

Tried on 15 Oct 2023 at 20:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Brilliant white foamy head in a well carbonated clear amber coloured body. Bitter, ashtray & malt aroma. Medium bodied, foamy sharp & cloying. Malt, berry, pithy & grapefruit tastes with a long bitter finish. Great Bitter.

Tried on 19 Apr 2023 at 18:53


19/05/2016. ENGINE HOUSE, Station Road, HIGHLEY, Shropshire, England

Tried on 12 Dec 2022 at 16:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Appearance is clear golden, a big foamy head which settles gradually. Aroma is biscuity malt, some fresh floral hops. Taste is fruity fresh hops, malty biscuity background.

Tried on 16 Oct 2022 at 05:44


6

Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2022 at 01:25


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at and thanks to Michael, local Co-Op pick up, 17/04/22. Clear golden to light amber with a good sized just off white cap. Nose is malt forward, biscuit, orange peel, herb, grass. Taste comprises biscuit, caramel, malty bite, straw, hint of orange. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter edge. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2022 at 13:59