Durdle Door
Dorset Brewing Co. (DBC Ales) in Dorchester, Dorset, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.42
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Rusty full bodied ale with a warm caramel flavour and hints of marmalade on the nose.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A 500ml bottle brought from Bitter Virtue in Southampton. Pours a red ale with a creme head. A deep malty bitter. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2025
at 09:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Flying Standard, Coventry. Clear amber with small beige head. Not sure if its my taste buds or the condition of this but was not a great fan. Has a standard malt and toffee. Its quite bitter with a herbal edge almost towards mint but I found it very metallic, almost like drinking a Stella. Strange.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask pint up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a thick beige head. Aromas of orange and caramel. Taste is bready malt, marmalade. Bitter finish. Nice. Enjoyed that.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Sep 2024
at 14:20
13/05/2005. SALAMANDER, 3 John Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (BATH ALES)
Tried
on 27 Nov 2022
at 08:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask@The London and South Western (JDW), London (04/11/2022) - Toasted sweet malty and citrus marmalade shred fruity, notes of pine, straw, grassy hops, caramel malts, soft cask carb, bitter hoppy and sweet malty finish. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2022
at 20:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Bankers Draft, Eltham. Copper coloured pour with a beige head. Creamy malt and floral aromas. Taste is malty bitter, touch of grapefruit. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2022
at 07:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is just some vague maltiness. A bit more flavour in the mouth, with traditional hops, toffee and biscuits plus an underlying caramel base. Some bitterness in the slightly dry finish. This is decent and full bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Sep 2022
at 21:52
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Waitrose in Parkstone, Dorset. Pours amber with a beige cap. Aroma: malt, fruit, spruce, straw, light hops. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, malt, caramel, twigs. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 11 Apr 2022
at 21:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A bright amber pour with a scummy looking cream head; malty aroma; rather thin in the mouth at first with a toffee malt taste, then expanding into a drier biscuity body with a spicy bitterness; before a jammy fruity finish. A nicely put together ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Sep 2021
at 15:26
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Cask at Wetherspoons Belfast. Light clear amber pour frothy head. Nose is light caramel and earth. Tastes of toffee, malt, earth some plum. Thin and smoooth palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2019
at 17:37