Great Bustard
Stonehenge Ales in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.63
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A dark amber coloured beer with a deep red hue traditionally brewed using only the finest quality of Stonehenge Spring Water, barley, rye, crystal and wheat malts, whole hops and the brewery’s own top-fermenting yeast. The complex malt and fruit flavours develop into a very pleasingly fruity and bitter aftertaste which lingers on. This fine beer was first brewed to celebrate the approval in November 2003 for the reintroduction of the Great Bustard bird onto the Salisbury Plain.
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5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2018
at 22:54
6/10
Tried
on 25 Oct 2017
at 13:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Dragon Inn, Birmingham. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light woody hop, sweet malt. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet with a smooth, light, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2016
at 15:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Red colour, no head. Aroma of straw, twigs and caramel. Malty flavour, light bitter. Malty finish.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
on 23 Oct 2015
at 12:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF
Clear dark amber with a small beige head, light lacing. Aroma and tastes of caramel and bitters
Ok
Clear dark amber with a small beige head, light lacing. Aroma and tastes of caramel and bitters
Ok
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2014
at 17:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear amber color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, lightly hops, a hint of leaves. Average body and carbonation.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 10:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Ruby red colour no head. Aroma is plum, tart fruits, nutty, tart apple. Flavour is alcohol, raisin some some aolcrnt. Nutty malt. Thin palate. A but watery. Meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 08:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask - Caramel and light twig. Clear copper with a decent beige head. Toffee and twig.what else is new, these bitters are getting boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2014
at 06:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Oluthuone Leskinen, Oulu. Originally rated 21102011. Colour is clear reddish brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Nuts, bitterness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jun 2014
at 09:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; cloudy amber pour with a red tinge, thin off white head, fruit and malt aroma, caramel taste with some dried fruit and malt action.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2013
at 12:01