Kingsdown (Cask)
Arkell's Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.16
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Kingsdown Ale is the strongest of our regular beers but is a brother to 3B as it comes from the same mash. It retains a strong character of its own, however, with its rich colour, ripe fruit ’nose’ and that traditional Arkell’s hopiness. You can taste the malt too, along with a bitter-sweet finish and fruit notes. ’Kingsdown’, which is named after the area of Upper Stratton where the brewery is situated, was originally brewed as a special beer to commemorate Swindon Town Football Club’s League Cup triumph in 1969 and went into regular production in 1976.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Briar Rose, Birmingham. Clear copper with beige head, good lacing. This one was very malty with liquorice, dried fruits, quite bitter. Smooth. Not that tasty though.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
7/10
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Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jul 2023
at 09:50
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.4
Cask at the Sir John Oldcastle (JDW), Farringdon, London. Pours chestnut amber with a beige cap. Aroma: bread, caramel. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, malty, dried fruits, caramel, brown sugar. Medium body with soft carbonation. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
at
Sir John Oldcastle (JDW)
on 02 May 2022
at 21:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Picture house, Stafford. Pours a dark copper with a large foamy off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is mainly malts with some hints of autumn fruits. Those two are the mainstays in the mouth as well, plus traces of treacle, butterscotch and ginger. Finish is slightly spicy. This is OK, but not very exciting. May need a rerate though, as it was served too cold.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Mar 2022
at 23:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Half pint on cask at the Gatehouse JDW. Thin creamy white head. Hazy Amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jun 2019
at 20:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Penderel's Oak, Holborn, London. An amber/brown coloured pour with a small off white head on top. Malty, caramel, dark fruit aroma and taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2019
at 10:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Deeper amber with a sweetened and dense textured berry-fruit taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jun 2018
at 22:34
6/10
Tried
on 19 May 2015
at 12:24
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at The Dragon Inn; dark amber pour with a frothy white head, malt aroma, taste has caramel, strong malts bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2014
at 08:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoons on 28th Feb 2014. This malty brew poured a good deep reddy amber colour: on top an off-white foam that hung around. Semi-sweet malty molasses are evident from the start, both in the aroma and in the taste. The hops only arrive towards the end of each sip and then only to stop the brew being too sweet. You can choose between toffee, caramel or even dark fruits for the dominant flavour: I’ll go for toffee. I like maltier beers and this suited my taste buds nicely. The depth of body and maltiness hid the alcohol very well and overall it came across as a very good beer for me.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2014
at 11:57