Doom Bar (Bottle)
(Batch of Doom Bar)
Sharp's Brewery in Rock, Cornwall, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
5.72
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At the mouth of the Camel Estuary in Rock, lies the treacherous Doom Bar sandbank, the inspiration for this moreish amber ale.
The sandbank is revered as a formidable nautical challenge that should be approached with respect and navigated with skill.
The sandbank is revered as a formidable nautical challenge that should be approached with respect and navigated with skill.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
500 ml bottle from the corner Tesco, 6/3/16. Was basically the only thing there I hadn't ticked. Tickers gotta tick. Caramel color, fizzy off white head. Doughy malts and spice. Okay flavor. Finishes with a decent bitterness. Fizzy. Thin. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2016
at 17:37
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Dec. ’15. A 0.5 l bottle from a local Tommy supermarket. It poured a clear brown body with tiny or no head. Weak toast, brown sugar and caramel aroma. Lightly bitter flavor, watered down caramel and biscuit notes, while coarse carbonation helped the bitterness to show up actually. Very thin in body with mineral water mouthfeel - empty and coarse. What is this? Just like the case with some well rated Christmas beers that were bland and plainly bad, do they export only crappy batches here or everybody else is crazy?
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2016
at 13:16
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours a clear amber color, topped with a minimal and non-lasting white head. Mild biscuity aroma with a bit of caramel presence. Sweet with caramel notes, finishes with decent bittery feel. Light. Ok.
Tried
on 07 May 2016
at 13:51
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3
500ml bottle, pretty expensive beer. redish copper color. Pretty weak flavours. Light caramel malt, light fragrant hops. Moderately carbonated and fairly thin, typical of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2016
at 05:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Morrisons, Croydon (10/04/2016) - amber coloured pour with off-white head. Aroma and taste is toasted and sweet malty, caramel, some butterscotch, very watery, pretty forgettable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 07:00
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Co-op, London. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 250316
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2016
at 03:22
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Waitrose, consumed at home. Honey brown, without a lot of obvious carbonation. Crystal malt, orange peel; weirdly a hint of whisky on the nose. Taste is sweet and sticky, and fairly sickly, crystal malt. A bit of soft bitterness on the finish. Very average. I actually think the cask version can be quite good (ducks for cover), but the pasteurisation deadens it somehow. And it was so, so much better pre-Coors...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2016
at 16:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
clear amber colour, medium sized creamy, slightly yellowish-beige-ish off white head; aroma of grains, metallic and some florl notes as well as hints of nuts - or it is only because of the peanuts I am eating now together with this :-); taste of malty sweetness, some toasted and spicy notes, moderate hoppy bitterness and some sourness; not really good bitter
Tried
on 07 Mar 2016
at 14:10
6/10
500ml, bottle.
Old tick, BBE: 2016-12-31
ABV 4.3%
EP 10.5°P
Old tick, BBE: 2016-12-31
ABV 4.3%
EP 10.5°P
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2016
at 08:06
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Pours a clear amber color with small, short lasting white head. Smell is kinda weak, mostly malts and a bit caramel. Thin to medium body with high carbonation. Weak and watery. Faint taste of malts and caramel. Slightly roasted. Overall, for something that says "exceptional ale" on label, it comes out quite thin, watery and incredibly empty. Waste of time and money. Avoid.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2016
at 10:23