Brewster's Brewery Brewer's Dozen

Brewer's Dozen

 

Brewster's Brewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Fuller's Brewery
  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.55
ABV: 5.5% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Derek Prentice (British Brewer of the Year 2013-14) and Sara Barton (British Brewer of the Year 2012-13) have collaborated to brew a new beer called Brewer's Dozen. The name relates to the widespread opinion that beer is liquid bread, so it is only fair that brewers should share the same dozen as the bakers! This coupled with the fact that the British Guild of Beer Writers award for both Sara and Derek's British Brewer of the Year title spanned 2013.

Brewer's Dozen is a 5.5% ABV SPA (Special Bitter) and was brewed at Sara's brewery, Brewster's in Grantham. The inspiration for the beer also derived from the baker's dozen as the beer was brewed to an Original Gravity (OG) of 13˚ Plato. This is typical of the SPA’s historically brewed by many brewers who would name them Best or Special Bitter on the bar.

The beer was brewed using East Anglian barley malt , caramalt and crystal malt, with four varieties English hops –Fuggles, First Gold, Admiral, and Target. First Gold and Admiral are fairly recent varietals, bred in Kent by leading hop breeder Dr Peter Darby.
 

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31/10/2014. W.G.GRACE, 71-73 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (WETHERSPOONS)

Tried on 13 Nov 2022 at 13:03


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 11/10/2018. Deep golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Citrus hops, tangerine and apricot fruits, toasty digestive malts and a dryish finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2018 at 15:52


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A golden amber pour with a thin white head; sweet syrupy grainy aroma; smooth and oily in the mouth with some spice, warmth and a resinous bitterness; then a sour grainy finish. Rather good.

Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2018 at 21:58


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is lemon, orange, mango, taste is juicy fruit, floral, bit harsh in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2018 at 15:14


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

Cask @ Spa Lane Vaults, Chesterfield. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt, hops and has a nice fruity and bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2018 at 09:36


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

Cask @ Spa Lane Vaults, Chesterfield. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 171018

Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2018 at 09:16


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Bridge House JDW, Belfast [131114]
Amber, clear, dense white head, some lacing
Aroma of soft fruits, sweet caramel, soft peach
Taste of sweet soft fruity caramel, soft orangey, some slight floral notes, soft syrup malts
Palate - Medium body, quite oily, sweet, smooth texture. Finish of sweet malts.
Overall - Rather sweet beer, bit too much syrupy malt in this...came across as only just above average. Maybe the Spoons I’m at looking at the other ratings here

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2014 at 15:15


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

On cask at the Standing Order. AppearanceSomehow still cleaning on the finish. en amber with a decent head and a slight haze. Nose - a bit gentle but some honey coming through. Perhaps caramel. Taste - toffee going into syrup or honey. Somehow Palate - medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - yep good complex beer.

Tried from Cask on 14 Nov 2014 at 02:52


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

Tried at the Royal Hop Pole, Twekesbury. Hazy amber colour, with almost no head. Aroma of Olde English Marmalade. The taste also has orange citrus, and is quite sweet.

Tried on 29 Oct 2014 at 14:41


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Willow Walk, JDW - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with lasting, foamy white head. The nose has some piney hops, pale bread, rindy citrus fruits. Light to medium sweet with pronounced oily hops, moderate bitter pine, hay, lemon rind, light minerals, pale bread. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Resinous finish with soft floral notes, more viscous pine, citrus rind, balancing pale malts. Not bad. They didn’t skimp on the hops.

Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2014 at 11:54