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Hop Studio in Elvington, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.31
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Strong and complex, our extra special ale contains an array of malts, hops and our english ale yeast to provide the palate with a great depth of flavours including hints of dark fruits, floral and citrus notes from the generous addition of New Zealand hops late in the boil.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Clear amber/brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted and hop. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, hop, medium sweet, bread and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2013
at 11:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask ale, shared, half pint at Rook and Gaskill. Creamy, white head that laces well. Very cloudy, dark orange coloured body. Aroma of ripe fruits and dough. Dried fruity hops joined by mid-sweet malts, marmalade impression. Long-lived bitter ending. Foamy in the mouth. Fine Brit bitter (York, 26.01.2013).
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2013
at 11:36
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
bottle at home ... hazy amber ... thin tan lacing ... soft dry musty toffee nose ...sweet malts ... ovaltine ... sweet sugers ... soft orange ... light toffee... oh no not for me at all
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2012
at 12:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Birmingham Beer Fest 2012; Dark brown pour, roast malt aroma, roast malt and caramel taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2012
at 00:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
50cl bottle thanks to unstablefable. Pours amber with a nice layer of thin lace. The nose has not much and then a gentle toffee note comes through eventually. The taste has caramel biscuits with a tangy nutty finish. The palate has a medium body and texture with a balanced clean finish. Overall, a well balanced bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2012
at 04:45
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours a just slightly hazy dark gold with a bubbly white head. Aroma is all ripe citrus and faint toasty caramel. Medium sweet flavor with some dank toast, dry caramel, and ripe orange. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweet finish, lightly sticky with some creamy caramel, light ripe citrus, hints of grass. A pretty weak effort overall. No redeeming qualities and what is present doesn’t mesh well.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2012
at 15:15