Rocket
Wylam Brewery in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.72
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Ingredients: Water, Pale and Amber malt, Fuggles hops and yeast. Named after the early steam locomotive, Rocket, built by George Stephenson who was born in Wylam. A lovingly crafted best bitter made with the best ingredients to give a fine taste experience.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2017
at 16:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle from a friend. Clear golden pour. Medium off white head. Subtle bitterness. A little nutty in the aftertaste. Decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2017
at 10:31
8/10
Tried
on 02 Dec 2016
at 15:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, gift from Jim- cheers. Amber with a small white head. Malty malty malty with some blackcurrant. A little dirty hop note in the finish but not enough to spoil a good malty English bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2015
at 16:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol March 2015. Amber in colour, with an off-white head. Sweetish, cereal malts, a touch of hedgerow fruit, honey, and moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Apr 2015
at 03:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, floral, taste is wishy washy, toffee, floral.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2015
at 12:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle: drank at home on 14th Mar 2015. Poured into an Abbot Ale badged glass tankard and shared with no one. Lively bit of kit, a huge off-white billowing foam head only allowed me to fill half the glass with beer, copper hue to the clear amber body. Nice blend of flavours and well balanced with neither the hops or malts ruling the brew. Woody, nutty and tasty. Semi-sweet malty molasses vie with the mildly bittering hops for your attention and dance around the mouth in perfect harmony: a great start to my evenings mini rating session.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2015
at 14:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Darlington railway station. Appearance -dirty honey colour and decent head. Nose - honey, toffee and hazelnuts. Taste - yep praline again, light biscuit bitterness. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a tangy and fairly dry finish. Overall - quite complex but slightly sweeter than I’d have made it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 08:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Ashton McCobb - cheers Ash! Pours hazy amber, thin white head. Aromas of praline, light malt sweetness. Taste is honeycomb, light bitterness at the back. Medium body, good balanced finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2015
at 08:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Head of Steam Museum, Darlington. Copper amber colour, white foam head, with malt mash aroma. Smooth dry malty bitterness, some caramel and yeasty notes, well balanced. Some bitterness lingers. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2012
at 09:16