Blizzard
Atlas Brewing Company (Scotland) in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter Out of Production|
Score
6.33
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Atlas Brewery’s winter beer, Blizzard, is a rich golden 4.7%, with a distinct warming spiciness and a dry hoppy aftertaste.
The beer is brewed with a combination of four different malts and three different hops. This provides a sophisticated balance of different aromas and flavours to tickle the tastebuds and warm the toes through the winter months.
The beer is brewed with a combination of four different malts and three different hops. This provides a sophisticated balance of different aromas and flavours to tickle the tastebuds and warm the toes through the winter months.
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5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Railway, Hebden Bridge. Dark golden with a creamy head. It has a stated enough ginger spice, not really sessionable, but not overbearing.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2019
at 18:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
7 3 7 3 14 Draft at Moon In The Square, Bournemouth. Clear amber brown with a white head. Aroma of toffee, malt, caramel, light herbal notes and light overripe dark fruits. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2018
at 16:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Hazed brown pour with a fine head. Ok lacing. Decent intensity in the aroma. Soft carbonation level and an ok balanced sweetness. Some more bitterness would have freshen it up. Toffee, some spices and fruity flavor.
[Handpull at Hamilton Hall, Bishopsgate in London, England]
[Handpull at Hamilton Hall, Bishopsgate in London, England]
Tried
on 11 Dec 2018
at 17:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Grill. It pours clear brown with a medium bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, toffee, fruit cake, toffee apple, wood, toasted nut and leather. The taste is dry, bitter, wood, leather, bit of spice, chewy malt, tannin, burnt toffee and fruit cake with a dry, woody finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Pretty robust stuff. Decent spicy bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Dec 2017
at 08:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Cloisters. Pours amber with a thinhead. Aromas are spicy, light fruit. Taste is sweet, dried fruit, light spice. Sticky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2016
at 13:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - hazy amber with a decent head. Nose - elusive Taste - toffee and apples. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a solid Bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jan 2015
at 05:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ The Muckle Cross Elgin
Dark amber..clear..thick dense white head.....good lacing
Aroma of christmas spices..rich caramel malts...some dough
Taste of christmas spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, no cloves, just right, good flavour and not overpowering), rich dark caramel malts..dark honey....bit of toffee...bit doughy...tastes better than Clootie Dumpling.
Palate...soft carb..medium body...sweet malts. Finish - malty...rich....christmas spices
Overall - seems like the same year’s spices as in Clootie but this is better. A really nice winter beer.
Dark amber..clear..thick dense white head.....good lacing
Aroma of christmas spices..rich caramel malts...some dough
Taste of christmas spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, no cloves, just right, good flavour and not overpowering), rich dark caramel malts..dark honey....bit of toffee...bit doughy...tastes better than Clootie Dumpling.
Palate...soft carb..medium body...sweet malts. Finish - malty...rich....christmas spices
Overall - seems like the same year’s spices as in Clootie but this is better. A really nice winter beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2012
at 17:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On gravity at Tewkesbury beer festival, 4/2/2011. Put here with the other 2011 raitngs, although I guess it night be time to set up anew berr up against Orkney brewery. Medium brown in colour with a slight, off-white head. Aromas of marmalade, root ginger and cinnamon with some citrus hops. Flavour was sweetish, with earthy malts and warming spice used sparingly. Finish was dryish. An enjoyable winter beer.
Tried
on 05 Feb 2011
at 01:37
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
A cask of this came on while I was about to leave Kay’s Bar, so I had to stay for another half pint. Dark amber body. Fair amount of lacing-head. Smell of dark fruits and mid-sweet malts. Dried hops to the flavour resting on a malty backbone. Good bitter ending. Well balanced. Has obvious returned from retirement (Edinburgh, 28.11.2010).
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Dec 2010
at 12:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask Conditioned at The Castle, Furnival St., London
Dark amber color; thin frothy head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, old meat. Caramel flavor, light residual sweetness, but the buttery touch tastes like old meat. Correct bitterness. Weird, not good.
Dark amber color; thin frothy head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, old meat. Caramel flavor, light residual sweetness, but the buttery touch tastes like old meat. Correct bitterness. Weird, not good.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2009
at 14:51