Nettlethrasher
Elland Brewery in Elland, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Bitter Regular|
Score
6.46
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This is our premium “Best Bitter”. A copper flavoursome ale, complex and fruity. Made from a combination of six malts, complimented with English Challenger and Bramling Cross hops to give a smooth fruity character and delicate blackcurrant aroma.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Paisley Beer Festival 2010. Dark copper colour, off-white head. Aroma is malty, a bit yeasty, caramel. Flavour is sour malty, a bit hoppy. Medium bitter finish. Slightly dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2010
at 09:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask handpump at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 07-12-09 Pours amber with a filmy white head. Some malt and light fruit and veg’. Taste is smooth but bitter, there is a crisp celery like bite, though doesn’t taste like celery may I add, finish is dry, really enjoyable beer. A6 A4 F8 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2009
at 00:07
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask half-pint at NERAX on 5/5/07
Light beige head quickly recedes to partial-cover, leaving no real lacing. Not quite bright, is the dark, amber-brown body with sort of a mauve sheen to it.
Very strong hoppiness in the nose is citric and even shows some oily, very dry resins. A bit of nuttiness and powdered hazelnut lingers on the end, with just a trace of honey sweetness. Very underwhelming in the malt department, seemingly too attenuated and exposing tannins. Possibly somewhat oxidized as well, as there was a lot of breadiness and some cardboard. Hop aromatics have faded to just pure citrus (grapefruit, lemon). Not flawed though.
Wow. This is just obnoxiously bitter. Very light in the hop flavor department for how many IBUs this has (purportedly 44). And that’s a lot of bitterness for this style. The malt dosent handle the IPA like bitterness, leaving too much hazelnut astringency and chocolate malt dryness. Tannic, rather grainy and soggy with way too much bitterness and hop-tea character.
Light beige head quickly recedes to partial-cover, leaving no real lacing. Not quite bright, is the dark, amber-brown body with sort of a mauve sheen to it.
Very strong hoppiness in the nose is citric and even shows some oily, very dry resins. A bit of nuttiness and powdered hazelnut lingers on the end, with just a trace of honey sweetness. Very underwhelming in the malt department, seemingly too attenuated and exposing tannins. Possibly somewhat oxidized as well, as there was a lot of breadiness and some cardboard. Hop aromatics have faded to just pure citrus (grapefruit, lemon). Not flawed though.
Wow. This is just obnoxiously bitter. Very light in the hop flavor department for how many IBUs this has (purportedly 44). And that’s a lot of bitterness for this style. The malt dosent handle the IPA like bitterness, leaving too much hazelnut astringency and chocolate malt dryness. Tannic, rather grainy and soggy with way too much bitterness and hop-tea character.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 May 2007
at 16:19