Colchester Brewery Jack Spitty's Smuggler's Ale

Jack Spitty's Smuggler's Ale

 

Colchester Brewery in Colchester, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.13
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Golden easy drinking summer ale. Full of hop flavour with delicate bitterness and light aroma.
 

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6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Golden topped with an off white head.
Nose is orange peel, grass, straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, biscuit, straw, grains.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Passable golde.

Tried on 08 Jul 2025 at 23:00



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

16/6/2023. Cask at the Bricklayers Arms, Colchester enjoyed in the sunny beer garden. End of day pint before we went our separate ways after a great day out at Braintree beer festival. Poured clear golden with a creamy white head. Aroma is malty, grainy, citrus, grass. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Easy drinking summer pint.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2023 at 12:26


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Fra cask/gravity på Plymouth CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival 24 Sep 16. Stråfarget. Syltynt filmskum. Lett plommearoma. Smaken plommer. Litt tynn. Tørr bitter ettersmak.

Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2016 at 06:22


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

Tried at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruity peach. taste light and fruity and sweet.

Tried on 19 Oct 2016 at 13:06


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Gravicask on the second day at Plymouth Camra Beer Festival 2016. Pale golden body, clear. Bubbly ring to the rim of the surface. Restrained hop fruity smell. Mild citrus taste, hints of lemon, joined by malt with a mild caramel touch. Easy going. So and so (Shared with Finn, 24.09.2016).

Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2016 at 12:47


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Navigation Tavern Beer Festival. Clear blonde with a small creamy head. Has an initial cider-like sweetness in both aroma and taste, with an underlying hoppy-floral character.

Tried on 24 Sep 2015 at 16:07


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

16th April 2014
Cock Tavern. Cask. Almost clear paleish gold beer, small white head. Palate is light with fine carbonation, semi dry. Very light malt. Light lemony tang with mild floralness and a whisper of grapefruit. Light finish. Easy going and tasty.

Tried from Cask on 16 Apr 2014 at 12:14