Cobbler's Ale

Phipps NBC in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular

Score

6.44

ABV: 4.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 9

A pint of bitter that gives you a full range of complimentary flavours and a dry finish that leads you smoothly into your next pint. Cobblers Ale was a 1930s NBC brew that celebrated both the county’s famous shoe industry and its football team. Back in 1897 Pickering Phipps became the first chairman of the newly formed Northampton Town Football Club, loaning the club £500 to start the hand stitched leather ball rolling.

We made a few adjustments to Cobblers recently, a bit of a darker malt profile makes this a much more robust bitter, with amped up notes of biscuit and toffee to compliment the refreshing hop flavours.

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6.6

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled half-pint on 18th October 2024, at the source. Clean amber body, off-white crown. Nice, easy going Bitter, malty molasses with a slight orchard fruit undertone, light bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 18 Oct 2024 at 23:49

5.8

fonefan (84534) ticked Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 2 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried on 28 Jul 2023 at 15:32

6.6

jjsint (8631) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 2 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the Real Ale Classroom, Stoneygate, Leicester. Reddish brown with a little bit of a chestnut hue, clear with a small deposit of off-white head and a touch of natural carbonation. Nutty aroma, forest floor, some lightly fruited toffee. Balanced taste with an astringent bitterness cutting out any initial sweetness. Slight oily body, soft carbonation. Kind of a bitter by numbers although a very good one.

Tried from Cask on 11 May 2023 at 16:53

6.3

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the thirsty giraffe. Amber colour with a white head. Slight fruit and malty sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 14 Apr 2023 at 15:13

eurosoba (18570) ticked Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 3 years ago

07/10/2016. ALBION BREWERY BAR, 54 Kingswell Street, NORTHAMPTON, Northamptonshire, England (PHIPPS)

Tried on 18 Jan 2023 at 05:37

6.4

Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Royal Oak, Carlton, Beds. Pours clear copper amber with a beige head. Aroma & taste: malty, fruity, caramel. Light sweet & bitter. Medium body with soft carbonation. Fine.

Tried from Cask at Royal Oak, Carlton on 21 May 2022 at 18:58

6.5

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask ale, half-pint, shard with Finn at the brewpub in Northampton. Bright copper coloured body, naked surface, dotte spots on the glass. Mid-sweet malt and mild leafy hops on the nose, promising. BLended taste profile of leafy hops, biscut and caramel malts. Bittersweet finish. Clean in the mouth. Decent bitter. (12.02.2019).

Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2019 at 10:17

6.4

Finn (18112) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Filmskum. Aroma av karamell. Smaken karamell & nøtter. Tørr avslutning.

Tried on 12 Feb 2019 at 12:30

6.2

Fin (18365) reviewed Cobbler's Ale from Phipps NBC 9 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity at the Bailiffs Tap, Banbury, Oxon, Sunday 5th March 2017 Pours copper in colour, good clarity with a light filminess. Straight down the middle fruity traditional bitter, completely inoffensive but does little to excite. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1

Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2017 at 08:07