Raw
Moor Beer Co. in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Special|
Score
6.86
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RAW was originally commissioned to be the house beers for Real Ale Weston and the Royal Artillery Arms, both now sadly closed. The landlord and drinkers were already huge fans of Merlin’s Magic, but wanted something a bit hoppier. They were also intrigued with our unfined natural approach to beer. So we trialled three different unfined, dry-hopped versions of Merlin’s Magic.
Layering the herbal dry-hopped characteristics over the rich malt base, and padding it out with body and flavour enhancing yeast really transformed the already sessionable Merlin’s Magic into something even more enjoyable. Everyone really loves the result. Consequently we make it available to select pubs whose customers appreciate its natural nature and enhanced flavours. If you are lucky enough to find some you will be rewarded with a truly remarkable best bitter, and perhaps begin to understand that beer is often the better for having some opacity.
Layering the herbal dry-hopped characteristics over the rich malt base, and padding it out with body and flavour enhancing yeast really transformed the already sessionable Merlin’s Magic into something even more enjoyable. Everyone really loves the result. Consequently we make it available to select pubs whose customers appreciate its natural nature and enhanced flavours. If you are lucky enough to find some you will be rewarded with a truly remarkable best bitter, and perhaps begin to understand that beer is often the better for having some opacity.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Bermondsey. Hazy orange-borwn with a nice head. Very herbal nose, resiny hops, light but piny. Flavor is again resiny hops, mint, Munich malt breadiness. Best of the session.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2019
at 21:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Handpump @Luppolo Station (Rome). Ambrata leggermente scarica, appena torbida, schiuma bianco-sporca media. Al naso note biscottate, erbacee, di tè, leggermente citriche. In bocca è maltata all'attacco con finale amaro e secco. Corpo medio-leggero, carbonazione soft. Molto buona.
Tried
on 09 May 2019
at 17:39
7/10
Tried
on 29 Jan 2019
at 13:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Moor Raw (by Moor Beer Co.):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
18/I/19 - 33cl can from Moor Taproom (Bermondsey, London), shared @ home, BB: 5/VII/19 - (2019-101)
Little cloudy deep orange to amber red beer, small aery irregular off-white to light beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit malty, floral hops, some caramel, citrus notes, some orange peel, slightly soapy, grapefruit. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, nice bitterness, fruity, citrus, some grapefruit, bit of tropical fruits, grains. Aftertaste: bit soapy, nice bitterness, bit fruity, some grapefruit, orange peel, bit oxidized.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
18/I/19 - 33cl can from Moor Taproom (Bermondsey, London), shared @ home, BB: 5/VII/19 - (2019-101)
Little cloudy deep orange to amber red beer, small aery irregular off-white to light beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: bit malty, floral hops, some caramel, citrus notes, some orange peel, slightly soapy, grapefruit. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit malty, nice bitterness, fruity, citrus, some grapefruit, bit of tropical fruits, grains. Aftertaste: bit soapy, nice bitterness, bit fruity, some grapefruit, orange peel, bit oxidized.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2019
at 21:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can: Poured a coppery orange to burnt color with lacing off white head. Aroma is sweet malt. Taste is light hops with some caramel/toffee sweet malts.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2019
at 00:05
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can shared courtesy of my Mum. Hazy amber with an off white head. Aroma of malt, light fruits and citrus. Flavour is above light sweet and moderate bitter. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2018
at 00:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Holborn Whippet. Golden amber, cloudy, lasting cap of creamy head. Aroma is bready and fruity. Taste is more bready malts, light sweetness. Creamy feel throughout.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2018
at 16:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Beer Geek. Surprisingly hoppy, moderate bitterness and moderate citrusy flowery hops character. Moderate body, med-light carbonation. Easy drinking. Quite good.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jun 2018
at 19:19
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 24 May 2018
at 19:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Ale&Hop. Bit hazy orange with creamy beige head. Dry malts, quite bready, soft apricot, creamy dough, light orange peel, grassy. Under medium sweet and almost medium bitter. Medium bodied with nice creamy feel, almost flat. I don’t care a lot for English style beers but this is quite OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 May 2018
at 18:48