Bittersweet Symphony
Dawkins Ales in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.68
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Rich and full-flavoured; an ale to savour.
Caramel tones followed up with balanced hoppiness and a long finish. None of the cloying sweetness often found with strong ales; deceptively drinkable!
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RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Bittersweet Symphony from Dawkins Ales 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Half, cask. Near-clear, copper-amber body, tiny white head. Aroma of juicy malts and notes of alcohol. Taste of citric fruits and a kind of Belgian fruitiness with spices. Marmalade and rather jam-like. Bittersweet hops to the ending, on the sweet side. Vapour of alcohol. Heavy to drink. So and so (Cask Pub and Kitchen, London 15.07.2010)
lad_newton (4207) reviewed Bittersweet Symphony from Dawkins Ales 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the CASK Pub & Kitchen on 16th July 2010. Pale amber with very little head. Sweet fruity aroma – berry fruit with raspberry in the foreground. Citric and floral hop blend in main kick creating a sophisticated white-wine bouquet, rather like a Chardonnay. The floral notes rest on tongue and roof of mouth with a fairly fruity citric finish on a velvet creamy mouthfeel. Very interesting strong beer.
Fin (18365) reviewed Bittersweet Symphony from Dawkins Ales 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask, gravity at The White Horse, Hedgerley, 18th ’Coming of Age’ Beer Festival 29-05-10 Pours hazy orange amber no head with some fruit on nose in fact its a little like peeled citrus skins. Taste is indeed a bittersweet symphony, there is a very harmonious marriage of the bitter and sweet. I had this for my first beer on the Saturday Loz once again was on the Pictish Blue Moon, this wasn’t overawed by the Pictish beer, it lacked the aroma and appearance of the Pictish but it was a fuller beer in the mouth, some perfume, marmaladey like the Pictish but chewier. The only problem with this was it never quite stayed the distance, in the words of the Waterboys ’It came like a Comet blazing its trail’ but the intensity waned. Isobel (Lozs mum) described it thus, a flat looking beer but reasonable pleasant tasting with a citrus kick; A6 A3 T8 P4 Ov15 3.6
Downender (11275) reviewed Bittersweet Symphony from Dawkins Ales 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 5/05/10. Amber coloured with a decent white head. Aroma of caramel, grapefruit and marmalade. Flavour of sweet malts, tropical fruit and a touch of spice, leading to a dry, warming alcohol finish with the hops lingering on. Very good.