OSB
Tomos Watkin in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Amber in colour with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish, malty aroma with a touch of fruit. Malty flavour with caramel, some earthiness and bittering hop finish. Good.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Finally Welsh Beer here in the States - I wonder if it’s because of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival?!? Deep dark brown amber tinted colour with some haziness and a thinnish tan head - nice! Aroma of bitter nuts, apples, malt, yeast and a light bit of hops. Med-bodied; Mild malty flavour with some apple tastes tucked in with a little yeast and caramel and some mild figs too. Aftertaste shows some bitterness, but relatively mild along with the taste. Overall, a fairly typical bitter, with perhaps a bit more carbonation, more apple tastes and some mild nuts - decent, but I’m happier to have my first beer from Swansea! I sampled this 50 cL bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, DC on 25-July-2009, sampled four days later at home here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Pours deep amber into an English pint. White micro head with excellent retention leaves spotted sheets as it slowly recedes to coat surface. Sweet fruity malt aromas. Thin with slight berry and caramel upfront. Lasting mild hop finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle 50 cl. Clear amber golden with a creamy off-white head. Lightly sweet fruit aroma. Medium body with a heavy carbonation and a little tart fruitiness. Dry and lightly bitter finish. 070209
MiP (20366) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle, 4.5%. Weak fruity aroma. Clear dark amber colour. The flavour is fruity and refreshingly citric. Not a distinct beer, but well-balanced.
yespr (55501) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
50 cL bottle. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a huge and slight off-white head. Mild spiced and hoppy aroma. Mild caramel malty and with a mild spiced bitterness. Ends medium dry and slight herbal hoppy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A red-amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of fruit and light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and fruit, as well as light notes of flowery hops. The finish is quite bitter.
fonefan (84534) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Cask) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Light unclear medium orange amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate yeasty, peat - burnt rubber. Flavor is moderate sweet and light tot moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Light amber colour. Nice malty aroma. Moderate bitter lightcaramellic flavor. Oily palate. Moderate bitter nice finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from D&J Liquor in (near) St. Louis, MO. Amber color with a decent beige head. Very "light stone fruit" aroma over slightly roasted caramel. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is rather malty with a fair amount of fruitiness. Finish tends to end bitter. Fits ESB style, though perhaps the malt is a bit rougher than usual.