The Usual
Frome Brewing Co. in Frome, Somerset, England 🏴
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.53
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Pint of the Usual? And why not, indeed. This is a shy beer, bashful even, hiding behind a column in a hallway, slow to trumpet its subtleties but on emerging it creeps up on the unwary. There?s a pear drop meets orange marmalade note on the nose, a well-rounded fruitiness, with wisps of caramel also dropping by. The caramel and the orange marmalade combine on the palate, offering a restrained sweetness that is counter-pointed by a dry, bitter, grainy finish that also brings forth some raspberry notes. The phrase ?I?ll have another one of these? springs to mind.
Previously available as Milk Street The Usual
Previously available as Milk Street The Usual
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Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2023
at 15:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Copper colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour have light cereal maltiness. Some sweetness of sultanas. Dry finish.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2018
at 15:26
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clitheroe Beer Festival 2016. Copper-amber ale. Session bitter with a lowish bitterness and a very mild toffee-smooth sweetness in its taste.
Tried
on 20 May 2016
at 07:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Merchants, Lancaster. Pours golden with a light haze, thin bubbly white head. Aromas of oranges, dough. Taste is more orange citrus bitterness. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2015
at 05:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at The Kipps Alehouse Folkestone. Decent best bitter. Some caramel some hop sting on finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2013
at 12:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at CBC - Clerkenwell, London. Pours cloudy copper-gold, lots of suspended yeast, fine white foam head. Lightly toasted, bready malt nose, some berries. Light to medium sweet flavor, light toasty dough, some toasty dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, some toasty dough. Light leaves. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Dec 2012
at 12:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the ’Grape and Grain’ beer festival, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Toffee, malts and citrus aromas. Caramel and light citrus notes. Quite a sweet feel to it. Bitter-sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2010
at 12:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
@ Griffin, Frome. Bright golden-amber with a thin head. Earthy aroma with a sweet, almost grapey accent. Poop on the palate with caramel, followed by a bit of earthy hop bitterness. A balanced, tasty pint.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2010
at 14:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London, 7 Aug 2010) Copper colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of apricots, biscuity malt and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with biscuits, apricots and slightly dusty hops. Light body, fairly sweet. A decent bitter, but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2010
at 14:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (South Western Arms, Southampton) - Copper coloured. Biscuity malty aroma with grapefruit and caramel. Slightly tangy taste with notes of caramel and grapefruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2010
at 15:30