Stag
Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.39
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This is a big hitter of a beer, an Ian Botham standing defiantly at the crease. The nose is rich with resiny hop aromas to the fore followed by a biscuity maltiness in the background. On the palate, a voluminous malty character with hints of chocolate and toffee is matched note for note with a well defined and warming fruitiness, before a long dry finish with a hint of sweetness.
Hops: First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings
Hops: First Gold, Fuggles, Goldings
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the William Dampier, Yeovil, 06/01/15. Clear golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is light caramel, straw, spice, grain, biscuit crumble. Taste comprises orange, light bread, airy malt, grain, dark fruits, malt loaf. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jan 2016
at 12:19
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Exmoor Stag ].Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, caramel, pale malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity, hay, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130814]
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2015
at 04:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, yeast, and caramel, as well as lighter notes of fruits, leading to a dry nutty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Nov 2013
at 01:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2013
at 03:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toffee malty and light caramelish. Mild bitter, light grassy to herbal. Dry and toasted malty into a bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2013
at 03:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF. Medium amber color, flat. Grassy, earthy nose, amber malts. thin, grassy hop flavor, earthy. Typical amber ale flavors, a bit think and boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2013
at 00:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ HBF’13
Aroma is very light with hay and toffee. Flavour has toffee, nuts, some English hops and hay. Quite strong nutty aromas here. Somewhat leathery palate. Not very ESB.
Aroma is very light with hay and toffee. Flavour has toffee, nuts, some English hops and hay. Quite strong nutty aromas here. Somewhat leathery palate. Not very ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 06:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ HBF 2013
Pours dark orange with a bubbly head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and grainy malts. Taste is sweetish malty with hints of caramel and toffee with notes of grain. Finish is malty and caramely. Okay, quite generic ESB.
Pours dark orange with a bubbly head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and grainy malts. Taste is sweetish malty with hints of caramel and toffee with notes of grain. Finish is malty and caramely. Okay, quite generic ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at HBF 2013, Helsinki. Colour is clear copper with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, toffee, sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at HBF2013) The beer poured brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and molasses. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, molasses, grass, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A decent ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:46