Father Thames
Windsor & Eton Brewery in Windsor, Berkshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.63
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A premium winter bitter with notes of toffee, caramel and marmalade, and a hint of golden syrup. Brewed with Berkshire malts and Admiral hops.
Also sold as Father Christmas Thames.
Also sold as Father Christmas Thames.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the brewpub. Poured a clear chestnut brown colour woman a lasting frothy off white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, rich, nutty, light toffee caramel, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Windsor and Eton Brewery
on 18 Dec 2021
at 13:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
23/2/2019. Cask at the Great British Winter Beer Festival 2019, Norwich. Pours clear amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, caramel, marmalade, straw and fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet jammy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2019
at 17:47
5/10
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Feb 2019
at 20:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Dean Swift, London Bridge, London, 22 April 2017) Amber colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty nose with notes of caramel, toffee, dried fruit and apricots. Malty, slightly fruity taste with caramel, apricots, orange peel and a balanced, slightly earthy, bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 May 2017
at 16:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at the Berko beer fest. A clear amber copper coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is Juniper, gin, spicy, jammy fruits, little toffee. brown bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty caramel malts, jammy fruits. Assertive bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Semi drying finish. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2017
at 08:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the 26th Egham beer festival, Egham, Surrey. An orange/amber coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Fruity, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes fruity, malty, caramel. This was in top condition and highly drinkable, nice one from Windsor & Eton.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2017
at 15:20
6/10
Tried
on 29 Mar 2017
at 12:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. An attractive bright golden amber pour with a thin cream head; malty aroma with a touch of citrus; malty caramel body with an immediate herbal bitterness, much more forceful than expected; then a satisfying dry finish with some sour grains and lingering leafy hops. Rather different and rather good.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Mar 2017
at 04:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Vague silage aroma. An orange-amber. Creamy, small-bubbled, off-white head. A tangy light bitterness. Burnt caramel and herbs. Orange juice. Light bodied. Frothy carbonation, with a slick mouthfeel. Abrupt finish. Enjoyable and interesting, not another boring ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Mar 2017
at 13:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at The Parcel Yard Kings Cross. Clear deep copper colour lasting beige head. It’s a decent premium bitter. Some jammy fruit which is pleasant. A bit like a strawberry milk chocolate. Yes i ended up liking it. Good condition and flavours. Good drying peppery hop finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2017
at 09:31