XXXB
(has 3 batches)
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.30
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A superb strong Bitter with a complex palate consisting of a delightful hop character balanced by prominent maltiness.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Copper coloured, stable creamy beige head, visible carbonation; moderate fruity-malty nose with distinctive hops underneath; soft MF, moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied; slightly increasing bitterness towards the juicy-malty finish. Very decent session-beer.........
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2009
at 15:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beverages 4 Less. Amber color with a big off-white head. Light fruit over caramel/brown malt. Sure smells like an ESB. Medium body with mild foamy carbonation. God, it is so ESB. Fruity/floral bitter over smooth malt. Finishes dry and decently bitter. Hope I find the cask version next time in London.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2009
at 18:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
(bottle) Clear, reddish amber colour with a short off-white foamy head. Slightly dusty and sweet malty nose with a toasted touch and very subtle fruity notes. Bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Toasty malty taste with notes of caramel, licorice and a light ethereally touch; moderately bitter finish with a shy fruity touch and faint woody hops . Not really convincing (19.II.09).
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2009
at 18:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Shakespeare, Bristol 10/02/09. Amber coloured with a frothy white head. Yeast aroma with some earthy malt and hints of hedgerow fruit. Flavour had some sweetness, chewy malt and a long bitter finish. A good pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Feb 2009
at 18:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
No head. Brown body. Faint wooden nutty aroma. Dry-sweetish wooden caramelly taste with earthy nutty notes. Soft, mild mouthfeel. Lightish body. Dry roasty earthy caramel aftertaste with wooden notes. Long aftertaste. Very nice, and very drinkable. (0.25l cask, Gunmaker’s, Clerkenwell, London.)
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2009
at 11:52
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask [gravity] at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Bitterness is malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. 120908
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2008
at 03:26
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is a copper with a large white head. Aroma is not much. Some roasted malt is about all i’m getting off this one. Flavor is again very light with mostly roasted malt but it has a nasty metalic finish. This is not something i’m going to try again.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2008
at 19:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Two 500ml bottles at Blå Rock Cafe in Tromsø. Clear, golden-amber body with a lasting, white head. Malty to the nose followed by a malt-fruity taste with elements of hop resin. A flash of dry bitterness to the finish. Very average for the style (15th and 16th Oct. 2008).
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2008
at 07:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled@Monks Cafe, Stockholm. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is wood, some flowery hops and mild notes of dry grass/hay. Flavour is very salty with some mild leather, flowery hops and wood. Mouthdrying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2008
at 00:19