Four Kings
Battledown Brewery in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 🏴
Strong Ale Regular|
Score
6.36
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Our big full of flavour Extra Special Bitter, to be enjoyed carefully as it is a lot easier to drink than it's 7.2% ABV would have you believe.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from my Cheltenham visit, pours bright golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of cereal, fruit, grain, caramel & malt. Medium body. Dry light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2025
at 12:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Cask-conditioned, on gravity at the Nailsea and Backwell beer and cider festival, 16/7/2016. Golden in colour and with a slight, off-white, head. Dried fruits, ripe cereal malts, some caramel and a rapsing, boozy, finish. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2016
at 06:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tried at the Royal Hop Pole Twekesbury. Bright gold colour, with white head. Aroma is strong fruit, and alcohol, taste is mainly sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2015
at 00:00
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Gallow’s Bird, Espoo. Originally rated 26102011. Colour is clear copper with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, caramel and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2014
at 09:42
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
2nd February 2012
Cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear gold - amber beer. Residual white bubbles for a head. Alcohol drying palate. Ok dried fruit hops. Dry finish. Unsubtle alcohol and lacks body and richness.
Cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear gold - amber beer. Residual white bubbles for a head. Alcohol drying palate. Ok dried fruit hops. Dry finish. Unsubtle alcohol and lacks body and richness.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2012
at 08:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ O’Connell’s Irish Pub, Tampere. Rated on 10.06.2011
Aroma is sweet with caramel and hints of alcohol. Flavour has caramel, alcohol and sweet malt. The alcohol stings at first, then creates a good body for the beer and warms at the finish. Too much alcohol here, but this is somehow interesting brew anyway.
Aroma is sweet with caramel and hints of alcohol. Flavour has caramel, alcohol and sweet malt. The alcohol stings at first, then creates a good body for the beer and warms at the finish. Too much alcohol here, but this is somehow interesting brew anyway.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2011
at 08:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Pullman Bar, Helsinki 3.6.2011. Poured amber color with no head. Leather, malt and alcohol in aroma. Sticky. Lots of alcohol in flavor, fruity, malty and slightly sweet. Dry finish. Way too much alcohol in this otherwise quite interesting brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2011
at 01:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask (handpump) at the Darlington Spring Thing Beer Festival. ABV is 7.2%. Amber colour, moderate head. Fairly nice aroma, some fruit and malts. The flavour has also fruit and malts, but is not too sweet. Decent hops in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2011
at 16:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2011. Hazy orange copper. Lasting near white head. Its an ok slight biscuit beer. Its actually doesnt taste of 7.2 there is a huge amount of dryness too. I like the dryness too. Its good. Hops are good dry finish
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2011
at 08:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Ealing beer festival. A copper coloured pour with a small white head. Malty, fruity aroma. Tastes fruity, malty, quite boozy. Not a bad effort.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2010
at 02:54