Eastern Promise
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.88
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JD Wetherspoon Festival Autumn 2008.
Brewed with Lemon Grass.
Brewed with Lemon Grass.
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24/06/2008. GREEN MAN, 1 Poultry, LONDON, EC2, England (WETHERSPOONS)
Tried
on 07 Nov 2022
at 11:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Lloyds No1, Fulham Broadway, London. Pours amber, smooth spicy. Liked this one and at 1.80 it was bargain.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jan 2014
at 14:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried in three different Wetherspoon pubs during their Beer Fest. Two in Bournemouth, the other in Bewdley. All hand pulled pints during December 2008. Lemon-Grass in a beer? Well it came across fine, delicate and refreshing giving the beer an Oriental feel. Slightly cloudy, an orange/dull amber colour with an off-white/white head which soon turned into a wisp covering and collar in each pub. The aroma and taste was interesting but not interesting enough to make me yearn for the beer to become a regular brew from one of my favorite breweries. A bit thin, but this was supposed to be a light tasting beer and not a heavy brew. A good fest beer, but I prefer Batemans staple beers.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2012
at 04:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
5th November 2008. Clear light amber beer. Low carbonation. Very smooth beer. Almost creamy malt offset by citrus (presumably the lemon grass) which doesn’t dominate. Semi bitter dry finish but it’s spcie bitter more than a hop bitter. Refreshing but could do with more sparkle and bite.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2010
at 08:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Rockingham Arms, JDW. Borough SE1. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some spicy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints and some hints of lemongrass. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 May 2009
at 10:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - Shakespear’s Head, London
Amber color; big head. It’s a quite simple Bitter, very smooth, with good caramel flavor, medium sweetness, and a light grassy touch; the aroma has a very light mint shade. Weak final; correct bitterness. Pleasant but simple.
Amber color; big head. It’s a quite simple Bitter, very smooth, with good caramel flavor, medium sweetness, and a light grassy touch; the aroma has a very light mint shade. Weak final; correct bitterness. Pleasant but simple.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2009
at 14:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys, London. Its a pretty ordinary bitter with some hop, some spiciness, some yeastiness, bit of dullness
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2008
at 06:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Half pint, hand pulled festival ale at the Wetherspoons Counting House in Dundee. Plain amber body with a few patches on the surface. Grassy smell. Taste of spicy resinous hops, leading to a balanced bitter ending [07.11.2008].
Tried
on 15 Dec 2008
at 03:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms JDW, Bristol. This was dominated by diacetyl with some subdued spicing underneath and the yeast noted below. Another poor beer in the recent JDW festival.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2008
at 06:02
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From cask at Crystal Palace. Pours clear and golden orange with a dense and slight off-white head. Light butterish and mild spiced in the nose. Mild sweet malty with a light citrusy note just coming through. Ends malty and with a light citrusy note into the finish. Stays somewhat butterish throughout.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 02:33