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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Cherry barley malt aroma. Clear amber color with minimal head. Sweet cherry, barley malt and mildly bitter herbal hops flavor. Nice body. Tasty - I will definitely miss my English ales.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2011
at 09:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A beutiful label depicting Rocket - the beer is golden with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt and fruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and elderberries, leading to a lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2010
at 01:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some slight cardboard along with earth, herbs and nectar and mild nuttyness. Flavour is fruits, some mild toffee, caramel malts and mild nectary and nutty notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2010
at 12:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 2009-12-25, Uddingston AP: brownish, with low white diminishing head AR: sweet toffee, hops, rasins, wee chocolate F: sweet toffee, hops, rasins, nice moufulll and great balanced bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2009
at 16:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50cl.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, caramel, fruity, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090514]
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2009
at 06:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Aroma of nuts and ashes. Medium body, fruit and nuts and a fairly dry finish. 140509
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2009
at 15:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange to light brown with a fully gone head. Fruity hoppy aroma, light roasted malt note too. Roasted malt, subdued sweetness and a nice level of bitterness. Good balance. Bitter and roasted malt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 May 2009
at 04:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Flavour was sweet with hoppy, caramel and pine notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 15 May 2009
at 00:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Speaker, Westminster SW1. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2009
at 09:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home ... amber with a light white head ... fruity sweet hop ... metalic fruity hops ... medium heavy carbonation ... bit bitter in linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2009
at 13:59