Bombardier Glorious English (Cask)
(Batch of Bombardier Amber Beer (Glorious English Ale))
Eagle Brewery in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.95
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ABV reduced from 4.3% to 4.1% in 2011.
Ingredients: Water from Charles Wells well; Pale Malt; Crushed Crystal Malt; Challenger and Goldings hops.
Rebranded from Glorious English to Amber Beer in 2019.
Ingredients: Water from Charles Wells well; Pale Malt; Crushed Crystal Malt; Challenger and Goldings hops.
Rebranded from Glorious English to Amber Beer in 2019.
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4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ The White Horse, Shrewsbury. The only cask available. Insultingly mellow, watery taste. Will go for water next time I’m in this position.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jan 2014
at 00:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Charlie Wells staple. Fruity best bitter. Pours ruddy brown, aroma of biscuits and raisins. Taste is malty yet satisfyingly bitter finish. Lost a bit of its power after ABV reduction from 4.3% to 4.1%, but still very flavourful. Must be served well, can be a bit unforgiving otherwise.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2013
at 00:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at The Mason’s Arms, Solihull. Poured a dark chestnut brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is weak malt leading to a medium bitter flavour with a little liqourice and lots of smooth malt on the palate. This remains a top session beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2013
at 12:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (Burley Inn, Burley) - Brown in colour. Dried fruit, malt and caramel in the aroma. Fruity and moderately bitter taste with fruitcake, spicy malt and caramel detected.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2013
at 13:47
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4
Smak och doft av humle, malt. Frisk, syrlig men lite för bitter och för lite eftersmak. Tunn kropp.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2013
at 10:49
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask - Roasted grains on the nose. Clear amber with a nice thick off white head. Roasted grains, light hops and a very almost non existent bitterness. Very light and easily sessionable, just very tasteless and no body at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2013
at 01:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity dispense/stillage at the Tin Goose - LHR T1, 25/01/13. Clear dark golden copper with a thin off white head that retains. Nose is a little subdued, caramel malt, berry fruits, sugars, hint of plum. Taste carries a touch more depth, caramel malt, biscuit, dough, faint ribena notes. Medium in body, moderate carbnonation, some bitterness in the dry finish. Ok.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2013
at 13:46
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Earls Court Tavern with Sarah. Pours a clear amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of sweet grains with some caramel and a bit of sweet bread. Flavor has a good amount of grain throughout with a light sweetness and a hint of floral hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2012
at 17:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Green Man in London
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a medium sized off-white creamy head and lots of lacing
Toasted malts, toffee and bitter
Nice and mellow
Appearance: Clear dark amber with a medium sized off-white creamy head and lots of lacing
Toasted malts, toffee and bitter
Nice and mellow
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2012
at 14:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From BA (Dec 2006): This is a review of a beer I drink on a regular basis, and I thought I should share my views on it. I only drink it in cask form and in pubs I know look after their beer. A lovely ruby coluored dark beer which always comes with a fine, smooth, creamy off-white head. No huge aroma, but hops, malts and often a toasty burnt smell is evident. This is a well balanced, well made bitter and tastes like a good English bitter should. The dryness and bitterness stays for a while, to be replaced by the malt and hops which are initially in the aroma. Very drinkable, a good benchmark for anyone who doesn’t know what an English Bitter tastes like.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2012
at 02:13