Bitter
Swans Brewpub in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.08
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A coppery-coloured "best bitter’ in the British style. Robust in flavour, it is balanced by a pleasingly creamy texture, a clear maltiness and long, hoppy finish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Candy malts and molasses. Clear amber with a thin head. A little dark fruit and sugar. The bitterness hits at the end and has a touch of sourness. A typical English style bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Sep 2013
at 14:56
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Boozy mouthful though I imagine this isn’t that hardcore on alcohol. This isn’t really eve a bitter. Unbalanced and messy, and generally not very good. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2013
at 01:10
4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Tap @ brewpub. Amber orange appearance with an ivory head. Woody, toasty, caramel malty nose. Low carbonation. Woody, bitter caramel flavor. Bleh.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2011
at 15:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled (shared by brunnsbe, thanks!). mber colour, small white head. Aroma is parumed soap, some floral and grassy hops as well as some mild sweetish notes. Flavour is much the same along with crisp caramel malts and some earth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2010
at 05:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Alibi Room, pours copper with a small head. Aroma and flavour of light resinous hops and caramel malts. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2010
at 22:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Glass, 5 ounces, draught, at the pub, savoured on April 29, 2009; eye: copper, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, light lacing; nose: light resinous hops, light dusty, light malt, light basement; mouth: light resinous hops, light malt, light dusty, light basement, finale in resinous hops with presence of malt, medium body, mildly bitter, not much carbonation, slick; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, savourée le 29 avril 2009; œil : cuivrée, claire, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, légère dentelle; nez : léger houblon résineux, léger poussière, léger malt, léger cave; bouche : léger houblon résineux, léger malt, léger poussière, léger cave, finale en houblon résineux avec présence de malt, corps moyen, moyennement amère, peu carbonatée, texture coulante; en résumé : correct
Tried
on 10 May 2009
at 14:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at the brewpub, hand pulled
Beautiful, clean amber color. Some caramel aroma. It has a medium sweet flavor, that strangely reminds me a watered Barley Wine; soft mouthfeel; good bitterness, ending with the correct mix of caramel too. Good.
Beautiful, clean amber color. Some caramel aroma. It has a medium sweet flavor, that strangely reminds me a watered Barley Wine; soft mouthfeel; good bitterness, ending with the correct mix of caramel too. Good.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2008
at 05:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap at the brewpub - Pours light amber with a thin head. The aroma is very light with just some mild malt and hops. The flavor is much better than the aroma as moderately strong hops make their presence known. It has a good, lightly carbonated, medium bodied palate, then an light, bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2006
at 21:51
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap. Light toasted aroma. Beautiful deep amber, nice golden creamy lacing head. Light toasted flavor, slightly green. Grassy balance. Creamy mouthfeel, good chewy body. Good Bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2006
at 10:01
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Light golden-brown colour. Slight brown sugar sweetness and hints of earth are the main features. Bland, caramelly with vague English hop earthiness. Fairly sticky finish. Some underattenuation problems at the brewery these days? Sad, this used to be a beauty back in the 90’s.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2005
at 11:19