Early Bird
Shepherd Neame in Faversham, Kent, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular|
Score
6.09
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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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light hoppy, grass, orange - citrus, light toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120128]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2012
at 23:42
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a thin head. Aroma is caramel, boiled sweets and a bit of skunk. Taste has some caramel to start. Lots of skunked hop on the finish. I’d rerate with a fresher bottle but the clear glass kills it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2012
at 15:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and hops. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, hops, little citrus and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 03:29
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 280112
Tried
on 28 Jan 2012
at 03:27
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Pours clear golden with a bubbly white head. Straw , peach and marmelade. A little thin mouthfeel. Clean and dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 03:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt, nuts and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 03:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. Fruity and hoppy nose. Malty background with fruity and hoppy flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2012
at 12:20
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
[Cask at Neptune’s Hall, Broadstairs] Pale amber, slight white head. Unpleasant vegetable & green leaf smell. Better on tasting - it’s smooth and quite resinous with a slight sparkle. There’s some caramel and grass to offset the smell, but it’s still really not very pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2011
at 15:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle: Deep golden, clear,small foamy layer; typical "english" mix of fruits and caramalt in the nose, here with a small amount of aromatic hops underneath; pretty light bodied, dryish bitter-sweet flavour; slightly lingering dry hoppy-fruity finish. Not bad, but the impression of a very light body dominates.......
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2011
at 09:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) Clear, amber colour with a fluffy and slightly tanned foamy head. Slightly sweet cara-malty nose with subtle fruity notes and a distinctive touch of grassy and perfumed hops. Moderately sweet flavour, light bodied with a crisp mf. Mildly caramelly malty and citric taste with grassy hops; sweet and slightly bitter hoppy finish with grassy notes. I do not like the aroma, but the rest is okay. 05.V.11
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2011
at 15:56