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Tomos Watkin in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.18
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A rich red premium cask ale produced using pale ale, crystal and wheat malt. A full fruity/citrus hop flavour of willamette and fuggle with the light aroma of goldings.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
As Hurns Old Style Bitter. A hazy dark orange beer with a huge orange head. The aroma is sweet with a grassy hop note as well as notes of fruit, and light notes of diacethyl. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel as well as some fruit, leading to a dry bitter end, that also has hints of metal.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2007
at 15:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half pint handpulled at The Cayo Arms in Cardiff, Dark brown body, slightly unclear. Smell of dark fruits. Complex flavour containing plums, dark caramel, honey, nuts and bitterness towards the end. Gives a dusty and grassy impression (02.02.2007).
Tried
on 12 Feb 2007
at 13:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Reddish-amber coloured, big fluffy off-white head, slowly diminishing; stronger aromatic-bitter nose, ripe black-berries in the background and a tinge of molasses; robust, quite dry bitter flavour; short fruity, dry-bitter finish. A pleasant brew !
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2006
at 10:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Amber color, decent off-white head, lace. Toasted malts and fruit cake in the aroma. Sharp, metalic mouthfeel. Malty with dark fruits, hints of licorice. Just a bit too low ABV to make this really good ESB. Slighty earthy flavors too found.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2006
at 16:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled on cask at the Cayo Arms, Cardiff...Copper colour; malty aroma and flavour; oily body; hint of tangerine...balanced and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2002
at 17:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled cask conditioned at GBBF.
Dark amber. Definitely a malt accented bitter, chewy malts, some crystal malt flavour. Dryish with medium bitterness. Really good bitter!
Dark amber. Definitely a malt accented bitter, chewy malts, some crystal malt flavour. Dryish with medium bitterness. Really good bitter!
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2002
at 00:44