High Street Bitter
Tollgate Brewery in Calke, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.42
|
|
Dark bitter. Rich malts, like an old brown ale but hopped as an English bitter.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy light brown head stayed on reddish brown body. Sweet malt, toffee & caramel aroma. Medium bodied, creamy with a foamy back. Toffee, caramel & sweet malt tastes with a tangy berry finish. Nice one.
Tried
on 01 May 2023
at 17:07
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint inside the Queens Road Tap. Ruby brown, translucent with a creamy beige head and lots of lacing. Not a big aroma but a get a good dollop of chocolate malt. Tastes strongly of the same, lots of Ovaltine with suggestions of forest fruit. It's sweet with a light suggestion of bitterness toward the finish and more dusty chocolate in the aftertaste. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2021
at 18:23
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Samonite, Sheffield Medium creamy white head. Very hazy amber pour. Light bitterness. A bit odd this one but pleasant enough to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2019
at 18:17
6.1/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand pull at Great British Food Festival in Derbyshire - rather flat looking reddy brown body with no head. Nose is a rather bland mix of malts and fruit, taste though picks it up with a decent amount of fruits and caramel hints. Nor bad.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2016
at 05:42
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Guildford Arms, 1 West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2AA.Clear medium orange amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, sharp, light roasted and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dusty malt, sharp bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101030]
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2011
at 13:55
5.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, handpull at The Guildford, Edinburgh, with Craig, Stella & Kids, Jan, Charlotte & Loz, 30.10.10 Classic amber with white bubbly head. There is a light maltiness and fruitiness, I get a sort of dusty furniture thing with this, the hops are a bit shy and its all a tad too sfae. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov11 2.9
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2010
at 11:47
6.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
cask at guilford .. copper ... creamy off white head ... soft toffee fruit nose ... soft dry woody tofe malts ... ligth dry hop linger
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Nov 2010
at 11:18