Shepherd Neame Early Bird

Early Bird

 

Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.09
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 77
A blend of Kentish Early Bird hops together with natural well-drawn water, and pale malt produce a finely bittered seasonal spring ale.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
From cask at Christian Firtal. Dark golden with a small white head. Aroma of grass, hay and nettle with a hint of toffee in the background. Drysh hoppy flavour with good malt balance. Refreshing and easy drinking
Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2013 at 07:59

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@The Red Lion, Copenhagen - amber pour with small white head. Light hoppy notes, some toffee, nutty nuances with a biscuity caramel malt base. Pretty decent. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2013 at 07:37

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Golden with a small frothy head. It has the familiar Shepherd Neame soapy hop aroma and a small fruitiness.
Tried on 21 Mar 2013 at 08:54

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gammal recension från 2009. Drucken med ölföreningen. Ljus bitter med lite extra engelsk humle. Dock karamellig malt kropp, typisk för SN med en torr, stram och fruktig på ett omoget sätt. Fin om man gillar UK-humle.
Tried on 09 Dec 2012 at 11:05

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Day 2. Golden color with a small fast diminishing white head. Sweet malty, lemony hops, grassy , toffee, moderate bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2012 at 05:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Sidcup. Amber pour with a white head. Bake apple and pear aroma. Orchard fruit flavours, quite malty. Fruit filled finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2012 at 09:15

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle (4,5%) @ home, BBE 02/2013
Aroma is sweetish, hoppy and rather typical to Shepherd Neame ales with grainy malt and some toffee. Palate is too high on CO2. Flavour has toffee, some hops, grainy and bready malt and ripe peaches. Dry and somewhat nutty finish. No surprises here.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2012 at 10:42

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear 500ml bottle with an ABV of 4.5%, best before Feb 2009, drank May 2008. Poured into a Forbidden Fruit Chalice, just because I can! Good clear light amber colour, not much of a head though, pity. Floral aroma with a good hop content, also yeasts at the begining, before the pour, that aroma faded as the beer sped into the glass. Spritzy, almost sharp. Very refreshing, ideal for a warm spring evening, luckily that is what we have at the moment in the UK, so this has gone down very well. The hops come through, but not enough to ruin the other delicate flavours that are in the beer, grapefruit and sweet citrus tones abound. Mouthfeel isn’t to strong, there is a presence of alcohol and the hops/citrus flavours do stay a while. However it doesn’t have that extra feel to make me want another pint straight away. So drinkability is only average too. I drink with my eyes, the loss of any head prevented this beer getting higher scores from me.
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2012 at 03:07

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
oro buona schiuma un po grossolana piuttosto persistente naso un po citrico leggero toffee malto un tocco di luppolo discreto amaro non molto fragrante
Tried on 30 Mar 2012 at 14:21

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at The Jamaica Inn, thanks to Alastair. Pours clear, golden-brown with a fine, white foam head. Lightly toasted malts in the nose with subtle fruits. Light sweet flavor, some toasty malts, faint leafy bitters, faint ripe fruits. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweet finish, bread, mild fruit, light earthy bitterness. A very basic bitter.
Tried from Cask on 15 Mar 2012 at 13:37