Abbot Ale (Cask)
(Batch of Abbot Ale)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.15
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Warming, malty and fruity. Pale and amber malts contribute to a mouth-filling and satisfying Horlicks and biscuity maltiness. Challenger and First Gold give a base note of herbal hop and Fuggles as a late hop contributes the main fragrant fruity and floral and spicy notes. Fermented slowly to give just enough fruity esters Abbot Ale provides a complex, satisfying and warming experience.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (Ship and Castle, East Cowes, Isle of Wight) - Copper coloured. Fruity and malty aroma with notes of fruitcake and spice. Malty and fruity taste with fruitcake, spicy malt and caramel detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Sep 2012
at 07:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Small cream-coloured head over deep foxy-amber beer. Aroma as caramel diluted in rainwater. Very faint touch of sulphur. Caramel and toffee, but with a bitter edge that is not quite hoppy - at least partly roasted. Again rainwater streak, and parsley on the palate. It’s anything BUT rich, it feels thinnish, and force-carbonated. Probably not a patch on the cask version, but at least it gets into Belgium this way.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2012
at 08:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sweet malty aroma. Has a very rich fruity, sweet taste. Very full on malt flavour. --- Beer merged from original tick of Abbot Reserve (Cask) on 24 Dec 2014 at 15:57 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Mahogany brown colour with lasting head. Aroma is sweet with some dried fruits. Flavour is malty and sweet with stewed red fruit and apples. Smooth.
Tried
on 31 May 2012
at 14:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Unremarkable. Everything about Abbot is fine, just not particularly notable. A bitter taste but not really noteworthy in any other sense, keeps a nice head and is drinkable enough if you just wanted a fairly standard bitter.
Tried
on 02 May 2012
at 03:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half at Fleur de lyes. Amber pour with a creamy tan head. Caramel and malt in the aroma. Bitter malty flavor also with caramel.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2012
at 23:19
6/10
Tried
on 27 Oct 2011
at 14:57
Tried
on 19 Oct 2011
at 18:28
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask @ Cockney Pub, Aarhus. Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light acidic. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. This clearly had a small infection. Could be because the owner was on holiday and his replacement wasn’t up to the task. 200711
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2011
at 07:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gold colored, thin creamy head, heavy sweetness, aromas of nuts and faintly fruit.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2011
at 13:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ The Crown Rivers, Heathrow Airport, London
Pours orange with a nice solid foamy head. Mild aroma has notes of yeast and spices. Taste is quite soft with some notes of bitterness and spices. Smooth finish, enjoyable, but nothing special.
Pours orange with a nice solid foamy head. Mild aroma has notes of yeast and spices. Taste is quite soft with some notes of bitterness and spices. Smooth finish, enjoyable, but nothing special.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2011
at 23:38