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Butcher's Tears in Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.85
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Burton ale… a bit of an obsession at Butcher’s Tears. An extinct beer style somewhere between India pale ale and Barley wine, made with extensive use of dark brewing sugars for complex fruit and liqourice flavours, topped with generous amounts of hops. This is an original recipe from Truman’s of Burton-on-Trent (the place of origin) from exactly a hundred years ago, appropriately brewed on Armistice day of 2018.
Earthy hop notes of orange and rose petals along with a touch of sulphur give way to fruit flavours of pear, pineapple and fig with hints of toffee, hazelnut and treacle before ending in a firm bitterness. Full bodied yet not sweet. A beer with extra everything without becoming too heavy.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12th December 2020
Almost clear amber brown beer, good fluffy pale tan head. Airy palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. A little dry malt cream with light caramel. Okay mellow dried fruits underneath. Finishes fluffy with a touch of bitterness. Old skool. Not bad.
Almost clear amber brown beer, good fluffy pale tan head. Airy palate, fairly dry, decent fine carbonation. A little dry malt cream with light caramel. Okay mellow dried fruits underneath. Finishes fluffy with a touch of bitterness. Old skool. Not bad.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2020
at 17:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Auburn with a frothy off-white head that lingers. Very earthy aroma. Dusty too. Prunes underneath. Taste is bittersweet to bitter with a rich, caramel undertone, a yeasty white bread sweetness, and then a big dollop of grassy/herbal bitterness and plain old earth on top. Finishes with a modest warmth. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. It’s challenging but I like this one. Good.
Tried
on 25 Nov 2020
at 17:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber color. Oak, malt, soft floral notes and caramel in the aroma and flavor. Sweetish, fairly complex. Dusty. Raisin. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2019
at 18:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a deep ruby/copper colour. Big beige/reddish head with a layer of 2 mm retention and some lacing. Aroma's of grain/malt, yeast, moss (or the usual BT mossy yeast), fruity. Retronasal it's malty, bitter, fruity and mossy. Flavour is fairly bitter with light malty sweetness. Medium bodied and quite licely carbonation. Dry mouthfeel. Finish is earthy bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
from
De Bierkoning
on 10 Jun 2019
at 22:34
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from 'Sterk Avondverkoop', bottled in December 2018. A bit hazy, dark reddish amber with a medium large, foamy, almost stable, beige head. Sweetish, gently herbal-grassy, slightly floral and a bit fruity aroma of caramel, tea leaves, cinnamon and some marmelade. Gently sweet, malty, slightly bitter, herbal-fruity, floral and a bit grassy taste of caramel, raisins, tea leaves, marmelade and a touch of cinnamon, followed by a short, moderately bitter, gently herbal-grassy, moderately dry and almost minerally finish. Medium to full body, smooth and quite effervescent mouthfeel, average to lively carbonation. Very pleasant Ale, quite rich for that abv, just a bit over-carbonated. Lovely label by the way!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2019
at 20:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at dB’s. Hazy amber with big light beige head. Caramel, lots of dried plums and pear with soft apricot. Grassy, and some bitter green leaves and old style pilsener hops, dry flowers. Medium sweet and a bit over medium bitter. Medium bodied. I like it.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2019
at 21:14