Abbot Reserve (Bottle)
(Batch of Abbot Reserve)
Greene King in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.67
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Very full bodied, rich and sweet with a higher bitterness to provide balance. Bursting with malty, biscuity and fruit cake character from the mixture of pale, amber and crystal malts. Masses of tropical fruits and floral fragrance from the hops, in particular the fragrant, floral and spicy Fuggles used as late hop together with extra Challenger, Pilgrim and First Gold. Very complex, rich and warming.
MALT: Pale, crystal, amber.
OPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles.
MALT: Pale, crystal, amber.
OPS: Challenger, First Gold, Fuggles.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Amber coloured with strong white head. The aroma is hopped with some toffee, and the flavour is dry, well hopped, with toffee and malty notes. Overall a nice well hopped English ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2026
at 01:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep copper colour off white head
A - sweet malt, fruits
F - malt, dark bread, fruit cake, toffee
smooth coating mouthfeel
A - sweet malt, fruits
F - malt, dark bread, fruit cake, toffee
smooth coating mouthfeel
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2026
at 19:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear pale brown with an ok but small white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, herbs and some alcohol. Taste of toffee, biscuits, caramel, fruitcake, fudge, herbs and chocolate pudding. Moderate bitterness. Medium carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2025
at 22:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2017 - 500ml bottle, pours berries, caramel, toffee, biscuit, spices & malt. Moderate body. Dry mild bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2025
at 22:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Morrisons, online. Pours a clear amber with small beige head, spotted retention. Aroma is malty, toffee, fig, raisin. Taste is semi-sweet, quite rich with malty, toffee, biscuit, spice notes, some raisin fruitiness.Medium to full bodied, somewhat syrupy in mouth feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle 0,5ltr: Clear amber colored brew with an dry bitter taste with very subtle hints of some sweet caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:20
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2024
at 16:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Tesco. Pours clear, bright copper with a frothy, off-white head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, grapes, dried berries, mellow earthy hops, toasted toffee. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderately sweet finish, further bready malts, a little toffee, English yeast, dried berries. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2024
at 22:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco in Pulborough. Color: Clear amber, beige head. Aroma: Malty, caramel, some fruitcake, subtle butter. Taste: Malty, caramel, some fruit cake, hints of nuts. Quite some hopbitterness. Starting malty, finishing more hoppy. Green hops, dry-ish finish.A bit disappointing, was hoping for better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2024
at 14:58