Old Original
Everards Brewery in Glenfield, Leicestershire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.98
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Our premium ale and a consistently popular choice for ale connoisseurs. Original is best known for its smooth, full-bodied taste. Take your time to discover all the flavours within.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Super Brugsen, CPH - amber pour, small head that dissipates pretty quickly. Toasty malty, some caramel, toffee,syrup, bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2014
at 14:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5.2% ABV Bottle: BBD 28 Sep 2013, poured into a UK pint sleeve some 6 days after that date. Looks lovely, a true amber hue to it’s body: the crown a full, deep blanket of off-white foam. Malty and fruity nose, those aromas carry on into the taste nicely. Semi-sweet and full of malty molasses that sweep the hop content under the surface throughout the pint, toffee, caramel and biscuity notes fill your senses and I actually enjoyed it more than the cask version, which is very unusual for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2013
at 15:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml can. Clear deep golden body with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma is moderate fruity with malt, pretty straight forward. Flavor is as expected from aroma mild malt and some fruitiness, moderate bitterness. A rather uninspired bitter, drinkable but frankly not far away from a lager in flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2013
at 01:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear amber pour with creamy off white head, fruity aroma, fruity taste mostly of the dried variety, feint hint of malts a bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2013
at 06:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask pulled. Smooth with a creamy head. Is a copper coloured ale with a berry aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2013
at 12:18
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Nice bitterness and fruity notes, pretty starndard pilsner. Amber in color with a white head.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2013
at 08:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at John Scotts Pub cons 2012-12-07 Göteborg AR: wee caramel, wee wee fruitiness AP: amber hazy, no head F: wee carbonation , watery, burned caramel, mild and smooth caracter, wee plum
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Dec 2012
at 02:49
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Pours slightly hazy light copper brown. Clear aroma of hop and fruit. Sweetish taste of malt, hop, and caramel. Slightly bitter aftertaste. A little watery but ok.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2012
at 11:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at John Scott’s Pub, Göteborg. On September 21, 2012Pretty much clear amber to copper color, white to off-white head. Fruity, floral, malty, sweet, some caramel taste. Bitter, grainy, dry aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel. Medium bitterness, herbal and floral. Sweet, berry, fruity, esters scent. Nice and very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Sep 2012
at 03:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
5th Sep 2012 and I’m in The Fighting Cocks, Oakengates: the only pub owned by the Ironbridge Brewery. Everards were involved with setting up this joint venture; hence their beers are always available in this pub. I had a hand-pulled pint in a straight UK sleeve glass. Amber bodied; with an off-white head. The nose and taste was a good mix of flavours: hoppy and malty at the same time, fruity hops, nutty malts with a semi-sweet start and a mildly-bitter finish, both to the smell and taste. I’d forgotten how good this was: not had a pint of this for years, I’ll try and rectify that a lttle more often now I’ve re-visited it.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2012
at 07:42