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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5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Duft av malr og honning. Fin gyllen farge. Lite skum, litt langs kant. Smak av litt honning meden bittre smak.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2014
at 12:09
7/10
Tried
on 25 Jan 2014
at 19:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask in London. Amber color, small head, malty aroma and flavor, maybe some caramel as well. I really like ales but this one is not my favorite.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jan 2014
at 12:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
A sweet strong ale with a naked alcohol astringency. A good pint is something special. Not a session bitter, it feels stronger than 5%.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2013
at 23:00
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap at Abbot’s Choice, Tokyo. Amber colour with a small white head. Fruity malt aroma. Flavour is fruity, malt, caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2013
at 17:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Noticeably strong and sweet like ales of this type in both aroma and taste. Copper golden with a bubbly head.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2013
at 17:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the William Webb Ellis (JDW), Twickenham - 09/03/13. Very lightly hazed chestnut brown with a thin off white head that retains well. Nose is dark malts, GK yeast, brown sugars, toffee, disappointingly thin for a 6.5% beer! Taste comprises dark fruit, sugars, raisens, toffee, touch of spice but ultimately it just tastes like a stronger version of most other GK beers - you just can’t escape that yeast strain! Full end of medium bodied with soft carbonation, smooth on the palate. Drinkable but largely forgettable for a 6.5% beer - lacks depth and complexity.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Mar 2013
at 12:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
ambrata schiuma media discreta persistenza toffe fruttsto mela corpo medio amaro contenuto discreta beva
Tried
on 10 Jan 2013
at 03:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
21st September 2012 and a hand-pulled pint of this beer was poured for me in the excellent ‘White Hart’ in Shifnal, Shropshire. Can’t believe I’ve not reviewed the cask version before: I’m putting that right at last. The glass was full of a clear amber/copper coloured body with an off-white head of foam which hung around and left some heavy lacing as the beer level fell away. The nose was of semi-sweet malty molasses with fruitiness from the hops: the taste wasn’t far away from that either. This is a pleasant, good quality bitter and although I’m not a huge Greene King fan you can’t knock this brew. I’m sure it had more flavour years ago, but my memory is fading, so it might not have changed at all?
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2012
at 05:00
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at weatherspoons perry barr middle of the road ESB used to be a staple when I was a decent beer virgin but now boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2012
at 05:52