Great Bustard
Stonehenge Ales in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.60
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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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask gravity Blakes Dover. Dark chestnut colour. Malty nose, some roast malt flavour with coffee and then the hops kick in. Not a typical dark strong beer nor is it a straight forward stronger english bitter. Very well balanced and well made
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jul 2005
at 16:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Deep orangey amber colour, slightly hazy. Fine, creamy off-white head. Very dry with a light caramel-like underlying sweetness. Classical nutty ale-notes. Medium bitterness and a subdued carbonation. 230405
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2005
at 15:34
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazy amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet, hoppy as well as fruity and with notes of caramel.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2004
at 08:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle Caramel and dusty bitter notes in the aroma. Chestnut, creamy lacing head. Caramel, burned spicy notes, english hops. Firm body, creamy mouthfeel, spices and burned caramel linger on. Definetly one of the better bottled bitters I had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2004
at 14:27